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U.S.S. ENGAGE
(MSO-433)WOODEN HULL IRON MEN
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USS ENGAGE (MSO-433) - an Aggressive class minesweeper
In Commission 1954 to 1991MSO-433 Deployments - Major Events
Add a MSO-433 Shellback Initiation | Add a MSO-433 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1951 | - | Keel Date: 7 NOV 1951 at Colberg Boat Works Stockton CA | ||
JUN | 1953 | - | Launch Date: 18 JUN 1953 | ||
JUN | 1954 | - | Commissioned: 29 JUN 1954 | ||
APR | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | West Pac |
JUL | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac |
JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1974 | - | APR | 1974 | Transferred to reserve fleet. Transited to St. Petersburg FL. |
JUL | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUL 1974 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1990 | - | OCT | 1991 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 1991 | - | Decommissioned: 30 DEC 1991 |
MSO-433 General Specifications
Class: Aggressive class minesweeper
Complement: 5 Officers and 65 Enlisted
Displacement: 775 tons
Length: 172 feet
Beam: 36 feet
Draft: 10 feet
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 15 April 1994
USS ENGAGE (MSO-433)
The second Engage (AM-433) was launched 18 June 1953 by
Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. R. B. Richmond; and
commissioned 29 June 1954, Lieutenant S. J. Martin in command. She was
reclassified MSO-433, 7 February 1955.
From
her home port at Long Beach, where she first arrived
21 July 1954, Engage operated in mine warfare and general training along the west coast,
preparing for her deployments to the
Far East in 1955-56, 1958, and 1960.
During these, she trained with minecraft of the navies of the Republics of China and the Philippines, and the Royal Thailand navy, since an important
duty for minecraft serving in the Far
East is to improve the readiness of
friendly navies to operate in mutual defense.
[Note: The above USS ENGAGE (MSO-433) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS ENGAGE (MSO-433), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]