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U.S.S. AFFRAY
(MSO-511)Click to view crew list
USS AFFRAY (MSO-511) - an Acme-class minesweeper
In Commission 1958 to 1992MSO-511 Deployments - Major Events
Add a MSO-511 Shellback Initiation | Add a MSO-511 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1955 | - | Keel Date: 24 AUG 1955 | ||
DEC | 1956 | - | Launch Date: 18 DEC 1956 | ||
DEC | 1958 | - | Commissioned: 8 DEC 1958 | ||
SEP | 1973 | - | SEP | 1976 | North Atlantic |
DEC | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 20 DEC 1992 |
MSO-511 General Specifications
Complement: 78 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 750 tons
Length: 173 feet
Beam: 36 feet
Draft: 14 feet
Flank Speed: 14 knots
USS AFFRAY (MSO-511)
The second Affray (MSO-511) was laidd down on 24 August 1955 at Boothbay Harbor
Maine
by Frank L. Sample
Jr.
Inc.; launched on 18 December 1956; sponsored by Mrs. John A. Glick
and commissioned on 8 December 1958
Lt. Comdr. Charles I. Williams in command.
After fitting out
Affray devoted the first six months of 1959 to shakedown and type training. At the end of June
she entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown overhaul. Complicated by the addition of modernization alterations
the repair period lasted into 1960. After completing final acceptance trials the minesweeper joined the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force and for almost a decade
alternated between deployments to the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet
extended tours of duty in the West Indies
and a variety of assignments out of her home port. Her duties during cruises to the Mediterranean and the West Indies consisted mainly of exercises and goodwill visits to various ports. Her operations out of Charleston took a number of forms. In October 1962! Affray provided support for a Project Mercury space shot. Later in 1966
she participated in a succession of tests for such organizations as the Bureau of Ships
the Mine Warfare School
the David Taylor Model Basin
and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility.
At the end of October 1969
the minesweeper concluded her final deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. Assignments in the West Indies
however
remained an important feature on her agenda as did support services for the Mine Warfare School and for Navy research and development activities. In 1973
Affray's assignment was changed significantly. On 1 July
she received orders reassigning her to naval reserve training duty. On 1 October
the warship reported for duty at her new home port Portland
Maine. Since that time
the minesweeper has served as a drill platform for naval reservists. In addition
she has continued to participate in major exercises emphasizing minesweeping and amphibious warfare. On 1 October 1981 after being based eight years at Pompano
Affray was reassigned to Newport
R.I. As of the end of 1986
she was training naval reservists from her base at Newport.
[Note: The above USS AFFRAY (MSO-511) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS AFFRAY (MSO-511) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]