USS CONQUEST MSO 488
Page 1 Logbook
Page 2 History
Page 3 Photos

UPDATED:OCT 02 2007

Conquest E-Group

Where the Fleets Goes,We've Been!

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Aggressive Class Ship
Built by J.M.Martinac Shipbuilding Corp Tacoma ,Wa March 26 1953 and Launched May 20 1954.
CHARACTERISTICS
Displacement:   853 tons (full load)
Length:    172 feet
Beam: 35 feet
Max Speed: 15 knots
Power Plant:    4 - Aluminum block Diesels; 2 shafts,
2,400 bhp
Aircraft:  None
Armament:  2 - .50 cal twin machine guns
Complement:     Active: 77: 7 officer, 70 enlisted; NRF:
57: 5 officer, 52 enlisted plus 25 reserve 
Commissioned July 08 1955
Decommissioned Oct 30 1970 for modernization
Recommissioned Oct 21 1971
Decommissioned June 29 1994
Homeports:Long Beach,CA.Pearl Harbor,HI .Seattle,Wa and Everett,Wa.
Operations:Market Time March 1965 - December 1972,End Sweep February 06 1973 - July 27 1973 and Earnest Will 1987-1989..
Sold to Taiwan and renamed  Yung Tzu M 1307..

I'm Tom Lawson and was a MS2 from 1980-82.My sea & anchor detail was on the fantail with sound powered phones.GQ was on the bridge with the 50 cal.machine gun .ADDED Change of Command 1983 to the E-Group photo section.Email me for corrections or to add anything.
 

 CREW LIST on page 2.Add your name,rank,time onboard,division and remarks.Added 1959-60 cruise book cover and crew photo to the photo page and E-Group.Command History 1955-1994 in the E-Group files section.(8 pages)

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1958 Brass plaque

I was the C.O. during those exercises with the Canadians and I have a plaque just like the one shown in your attachment.  In fact, I think we developed that design and used to pass them out in exchange for other ship's plaques.  I have always been a little surprised how much each one weighs.  Russ Wilson C.O. 1958.

SHIP'S STORE

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Patch from Jerry Brockway

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26 UNIT AWARDS & CITATIONS
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals for Quemoy-Matsu,Vietnam & Persian Gulf(8),Combat Action Ribbons(2),Navy "E" Ribbons (3),Navy Unit Commendation(1),Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Gallantry(3),Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation 1982(1) and the Vietnam Service Medals(8). 
 

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Patch from Dick Godbehere

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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 vistit CDR Bruhn's website at the link below.

David Bruhn

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