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Minesweeper of the United States Navy
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History
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United States
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Name
| USS
Conquest
(MSO-488)
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Builder
| J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.,
Tacoma, Washington
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Laid down
| 26 March 1953
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Launched
| 20 May 1954
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Commissioned
| 8 July 1955
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Decommissioned
| 29 June 1994
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Reclassified
| MSO-488, 7 February 1955
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Stricken
| 29 June 1994
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Fate
| Sold to Taiwan, 1 March 1995
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History
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Taiwan
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Name
| ROCS
Yung Tzu
(MSO-1307)
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Acquired
| 1 March 1995
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Cost
| $742,779
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Commissioned
| 1 Mar 1995
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Decommissioned
| 1 Sep 2020
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| Aggressive
-class
minesweeper
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Displacement
| 775 long tons (787 t) full load
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Length
| 172 ft (52 m)
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Beam
| 35 ft (11 m)
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Draft
| 12 ft (3.7 m)
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Propulsion
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Speed
| 14
knots
(26 km/h; 16 mph)
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Complement
| 8 officers, 70 enlisted
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Armament
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- As built
:
- 1 × single
40 mm
gun mount
- 2 ×
.50 cal (12.7 mm)
twin machine guns
- Final configuarion
:
- 1 × twin
20 mm
gun mount
- 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine guns
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USS
Conquest
(MSO-488)
was an
Agile
-class
minesweeper
in the
United States Navy
.
Conquest
was laid down by the
J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.
of
Tacoma, Washington
on 26 March 1953 as AM-488, launched on 20 March 1954 by Mrs. C. D. Henderson. She was reclassified MSO-488 on 7 February 1955, and commissioned on 8 July 1955.
Service history
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One of a new type of non-magnetic minesweepers,
Conquest
remained operating out of
Long Beach, California
on trials and training until 2 October 1956. She sailed to Acapulco, Mexico, for a good will visit from 10 to 14 October, then returned to Long Beach to prepare for her first tour of duty in the Far East. Sailing 4 March 1957,
Conquest
visited
Chinhae
, South Korea, and
Kaohsiung
,
Formosa
for operations with the
Republic of China Navy
;
Hong Kong
, and various ports in Japan before returning to Long Beach on 13 September 1957 for overhaul. During 1958 she operated locally out of Long Beach and conducted a series of minesweeping exercises at
Esquimalt
,
Nootka Sound
, and
Vancouver
, British Columbia, from 6 October to 19 November. Between 17 August 1959 and 13 March 1960, she again served in the Far East, returning to local operations through June 1960.
Conquest
was decommissioned on 29 June 1994, stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register
on 29 June 1994 and sold on 1 March 1995.
Conquest
was sold to Taiwan to be designated
Yung Tzu
(MSO-1307) for $742,779
Call sign: "November - Tango - Alpha - Whiskey"
Awards
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Conquest
received 26 unit awards and citations:
References
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