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U.S.S. ENERGY

(MSO-436)

ROBUR NOSTRUM IN NOMINE NOSTRO

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USS ENERGY (MSO-436) - an Aggressive class minesweeper

In Commission 1954 to 1977

MSO-436 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1952-Keel Date: 3 MAR 1952
FEB1953-Launch Date: 13 FEB 1953
JUL1954-Commissioned: 16 JUL 1954
JUL1962-FEB1963West Pac
MAY1964-OCT1965Golden Dragon initiation 6 June 1964
MAY1964-OCT1964West Pac
MAY1964-OCT1965West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1964-Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1964 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1965-JAN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1966-JAN1967West Pac
JAN1966-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1966-MAR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1966-MAY1967West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1967-APR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1970-AUG1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1977-Decommissioned: 5 JUL 1977

MSO-436 General Specifications

Class: Aggressive-class minesweeper

Complement: 74 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 620 tons

Length: 172 feet

Beam: 36 feet

Draft: 10 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 8 July 1977



USS ENERGY (MSO-436)



The second Energy (AM-436) was launched 13 February 1953 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Baughman; and commissioned 16 July 1954, Lieutenant Commander F. H. Sonntag in command. She was reclassified MSO-436, 7 February 1955.

Energy arrived at Long Beach, her home port, 3 August 1954, and began training along the west coast with the ships of her division. On 4 January 1956, she sailed for her first tour of duty in the western Pacific, taking part in a large-scale exercise off Iwo Jima, and training with ships of the Republic of Korea and China. Returning to her home port 15 June, she cruised along the west coast during the next year, conducting sonar tests and serving as a schoolship for officers of the Thailand navy.

During her second deployment to the Far East, from 2 June 1958 to 6 January 1959, Energy stood by at Taiwan during the crisis brought on by renewed Communist shelling of Quemoy and Matsu, and again exercised with Chinese minesweepers. Specialized mine warfare exercises and general training with the fleet, along with visits to various west ports, were conducted through the summer of 1960. For the remainder of the year Energy served with the 7th Fleet in Far East waters.

[Note: The above USS ENERGY (MSO-436) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS ENERGY (MSO-436), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]