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AM / MSO-433 Engage


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Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 7 November 1951 at Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, CA; Launched, 18 June 1953; Commissioned USS Engage (AM-433), 29 June 1954; Redesignated (MSO-433), 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 30 December 1991; Struck from the Naval Register, 20 April 1992; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 April 1994 to NRA Acquisition, Inc., New York, NY, sub-contracted to Wilmington Resources Inc., Wilmington, NC for disposal, Repossessed by Navy after contractor defaulted due to sub-contractor being closed by state of North Carolina for environmental pollution, currently laid up in the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Philadephia, PA awaiting resale. Sold, 4 December 2000 to Baltimore Marine Industries, Baltimore, MD for scrapping.

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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Engage 43k - J. William Cupp's
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USS Engage
Fortify/Engage 26k Fortify and Engage, Hong Kong, summer 1960
Photo taken from Inflict
Photo by Floyd Farrar

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102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
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