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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 1977MSO-436 Deployments - Major Events
Add a MSO-436 Shellback Initiation | Add a MSO-436 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1952 | - | Keel Date: 3 MAR 1952 | ||
FEB | 1953 | - | Launch Date: 13 FEB 1953 | ||
JUL | 1954 | - | Commissioned: 16 JUL 1954 | ||
JUL | 1962 | - | FEB | 1963 | West Pac |
MAY | 1964 | - | OCT | 1965 | Golden Dragon initiation 6 June 1964 |
MAY | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | West Pac |
MAY | 1964 | - | OCT | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1970 | - | AUG | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1977 | - | 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]