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U.S.S. DASH

(MSO-428)

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USS DASH (MSO-428) - an Agile-class minesweeper

In Commission 1953 to 1982

MSO-428 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1951-Keel Date: 2 JUL 1951
at Astoria Marine Construction Co. Astoria Oregon
SEP1952-Launch Date: 20 SEP 1952
AUG1953-Commissioned: 14 AUG 1953
SEP1962-FEB1963Mediterranean
JAN1969-DEC1969North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUN1970-DEC1970North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
NOV1970- Shellback Initiation - 25 NOV 1970 - Atlantic Ocean
OCT1982-Decommissioned: 2 OCT 1982

MSO-428 General Specifications

Class: Agile-class minesweeper

Complement: 74 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 620 tons

Length: 172 feet

Beam: 36 feet

Draft: 10 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 26 January 1984



USS DASH (MSO-428)



The second Dash (AM-428) was launched 20 September 1952 by Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, Oreg.; sponsored by Mrs. D. McKay; and commissioned 14 August 1953, Lieutenant Commander R. Giamotti in command. She was reclassified MSO-428, 7 February 1955.

Sailing from San Diego 12 June 1954 Dash arrived at Charleston, S.C., 6 July. She sailed out of Charleston on local duty and for refresher training at Key West, until 4 January 1956 when she got underway with her division for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet. She returned to Charleston 11 June.

Dash served in the Mediterranean again between 1 May and 2 October 1957 and between 27 April and 27 August 1959. Through 1962, she operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean in amphibious and mine warfare exercises.

[Note: The above USS DASH (MSO-428) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS DASH (MSO-428), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]