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AM / MSO-434 Embattle



Call sign:
November - Oscar - Oscar - Yankee



Courtesy of Paul Haaze
Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 November 1951 at Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, CA; Launched, 27 August 1953; Commissioned USS Embattle (AM-434), 16 November 1954; Redesignated an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-434, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 15 May 1976; Sold for scrapping, 11 January 1976 to Glen Dobkins, Miami, FL for $32,769.

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.


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Embattle 187k - 102 Minesweepers
Web Site
Dick Lewis
Embattle 75k c. 1960 K. Dupree, YNCS, USN, Ret.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Navy MSO Association Email Addresses

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Navy MSO Association

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