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AM / MSO-430 Direct


Courtesy of Mike Smolinski
Dash Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 2 February 1952 at Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 27 May 1953; Commissioned USS Direct (AM-430), 9 July 1954; Reclassified MSO-430, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 2 October 1982; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrapping, 26 January 1984 to Wayne Hobbs, Huntington, CA, for $22,229.

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 General Motors diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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Direct 54k - Tom Sparkman
Direct 75k US Navy photo Tom Sparkman

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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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