USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), was a Crosley-classhigh-speed transport commissioned in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In 1963, she was transferred to the Mexican Navy and served as ARM Tehuantupec (H05) until 1989. Afterwards, she was scrapped.
USS Joseph M. Auman off Orange, Texas, on 30 April 1945,
Joseph Martin Auman was born on 4 January 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 27 August 1940 at Chicago. After duty at San Diego, Private Auman served at Guadalcanal where he was killed in action 12 November 1942. When his company was forced to make a temporary withdrawal, he manned a machine gun and covered the retreat, remaining at his exposed position, he continued to fire his gun until killed by the Japanese. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
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Joseph M. Auman was laid down as the Rudderow-classdestroyer escort USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674) on 8 November 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Company at Orange, Texas, and was launched on 5 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Bernard Toomey, the aunt of the ship's namesake. The ship was reclassified as a Crosley-classhigh-speed transport and redesignated APD-117 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was commissioned on 25 April 1945.
Joseph M. Auman departed San Diego 20 October 1945 and steamed to Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands, where she embarked 100 U.S. Navy passengers and carried them to Samar. At Samar she loaded cargo and delivered it to Shanghai, China, on 4 December 1945. Joseph M. Auman continued to carry cargo and passengers in the Pacific until she returned to the United States during the first half of 1946.
Joseph M. Auman was sold to the government of Mexico on 12 December 1963. She served in the Mexican Navy as ARM Tehuantepec (B05) until stricken in 1989 and sold for scrapping.
NavSource Online: DE-674 / APD-117 Joseph M. Auman
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