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WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN
Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 31 October 1951 at Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, CA.; Launched,
17 December 1952; Commissioned USS Dynamic (AM-432), 15 December 1953; Redesignated MSO-432, 7 February 1955; Dynamic changed
divisions in September 1967 and became a part of Mine Division 71. The division consisted of: Dynamic, Engage (MSO 433), Impervious
(MSO 449), Inflict (MSO 456) and Fortify (MSO 446). Decommissioned 8 June 1971; Sold to Spain 17 July 1971 under the Security
Assistance Program as Guadalete (M-41); Struck from the Naval Register 1 August 1974; Reclassified PVZ-41 in 1980; Decommissioned
15 July 1998. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 630 t.(lt), 755 t.(fl); Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 10'; Speed 14
kts; Complement 6 Officers, 74 Enlisted; Armament, as built, one single 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, final configuration,
bow gun replaced by one twin 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns remain; Propulsion, four Packard ID1700 diesel engines,
two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
These new minesweepers were smaller and built primarily of wood , with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic)
steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature. All of the 1950 era MSOs had UQS-1 mine-locating sonar, later updated
with SQQ-14 sonar. MSOs were capable of sweeping for moored, bottom contact, magnetic and acoustic mines.
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WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN a book by CDR David D.Bruhn USN RET.The history of our MSO's from 1953
to 1994. To learn more about this excellent minesweeper book please visit CDR Bruhn's website at the link below.
David Bruhn
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