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AM / MSO-472 Valor


Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down 28 April 1952 at Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc Wis.; Launched 13 May 1953; Commissioned USS Valor (AM-472), 29 July 1954; Redesignated (MSO-472), 7 February 1955; Decommissioned July 1970; Struck from the Naval Register 1 February 1971; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Charles Gural, Rahway NJ, for $1,700.

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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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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A Salute to USS Valor (MSO-472)
102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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