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AM / MSO-468 Rival


Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 February 1952 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford Conn; Launched, 1 February 1952; Commissioned USS Rival (AM-468), 3 September 1954; Redesignated as an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-468, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 15 May 1970; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1971; Sold, August 1971 for scrapping to Charles Gural, Rahway, NJ, for $2,700.

Specifications: Displacement 775 t; Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 12'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 8 Officers, 70 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, replaced by four Waukasha Motors Co. diesels, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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Rival 115k Date/location unknown. Bob Hawkins. Crew member July 1959 to June 1961.
Ability, Notable, Rival 115k c. 1966, Newport, RI
Rival with Ability (MSO-519) inboard
and Notable (MSO-460) outboard.
© Richard Leonhardt
Rival 170k Rival being refueled mid-Atlantic from Traverse County (LST 1160), early December 1968. Photo by Jerry Search.
Rival 51k Refueled from Chewauken (AOG 50), c. 1968. .

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

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

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