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U.S.S. REAPER

(MSO-467)

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USS REAPER (MSO-467) - an Aggressive-class minesweeper

In Commission 1954 to 1972

MSO-467 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1952-Keel Date: 15 MAY 1952
JUN1954-Launch Date: 25 JUN 1954
NOV1954-Commissioned: 10 NOV 1954
DEC1960-JUN1961West Pac
NOV1962-JUN1963westpac
JAN1965-JAN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1968-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1972-Decommissioned: 22 SEP 1972

MSO-467 General Specifications

Complement: 74 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 775 tons

Length: 172 feet

Beam: 36 feet

Draft: 10 feet

Flank Speed: 15 knots



USS REAPER (MSO-467)



The second Reaper (MSO-467) was laid down 15 May 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works Wilmington Calif.; launched 25 June 1954 sponsored by Mrs. John A. Snackenherg; and commissioned 10 November 1954 Lt. Clayton L. Robertson in command.


After shakedown Reaper sailed for the western Pacific 1 May 1956. Departing Sasebo Japan she participated in training exercises at Taiwan with the Republic of China and helped to search for a P4M aircraft shot down by Communist China. Arriving at Long Beach Calif. 15 November she trained off California in 1957 and early 1958. Deployed to the western Pacific 3 November 1958 she visited Sasebo Japan; Kaohsiung Taiwan; Chinhae Korea; Sattahip Thailand; Subic Bay Philippines; and Buckner Bay Okinawa before arriving at Long Beach 31 May 1959.


During an amphibious exercise in November 1959 she operated out of Kodiak Alaska with Canadian minesweepers. After training in 1960 she deployed to the western Pacific 4 January 1961 and participated in separate exercises with the Philippine Navy and the Nationalist Chinese Navy before arriving via Japan at Long Beach 17 July. Departing Long Beach 16 November 1962 for western Pacific deployment she joined exercise in the Philippines and Taiwan including a SEATO exercise off Manila Bay Luton before returning to Long Beach 22 June 1963.


After exercises off California she remained active with the Pacific Fleet in 1964 and 1965.


Sailing for the western Pacific 21 September 1966 she participated in "Market Time" patrol duty off Vietnam during November and December and in February and March 1967 before reaching Long Beach 27 July. Deployed to the western Pacific again in April l968 she patrolled off Vietnam and visited Chinhae Korea; and Sattahip Thailand arriving Long Beach 3 December. Deployed to the western Pacific in 1969 she remained active with the Pacific Fleet until 2 May 1970 when she returned to the west coast. Upon her return she was assigned duty as a Naval Reserve Training ship and remained so engaged until being decommissioned 22 September 1972. After decommissioning she was transferred to the Ships Inactivation and Maintenance Facility at Vallejo Calif. She is a part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of February 1974.

[Note: The above USS REAPER (MSO-467) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS REAPER (MSO-467) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]