- USS Dynamic (AM-432)
The USS Dynamic (AM-432) was an
Aggressive class minesweeper : laid down,31 October 1951 atColberg Boat Works ,Stockton, California .; launched,17 December 1952 ; commissioned USS Dynamic (AM-432),15 December 1953 ; redesignated MSO-432,7 February 1955 .Divisional Change
USS Dynamic changed divisions in September
1967 and became a part of Mine Division 71. The division consisted of: USS Dynamic,USS Engage (MSO 433) ,USS Impervious (MSO 449) ,USS Inflict (MSO 456) andUSS Fortify (MSO 446) .Pacific Ocean operations
Assigned to Mine Division 91, Squadron 9, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet, USS Dynamic operated out of her home port of
Long Beach, California , that included training with other ships, aircraft, soldiers and Marines, and with minesweepers of other navies. She cruised to the Far East in1957 -58 visiting ports inJapan ,Korea , andTaiwan , and participated inminesweeping exercises with ships of theChinese Nationalist and Korean navies.She made a similar cruise in the first half of
1960 , joined the other fleet units in the "Pacific Festival" atSan Francisco, California , in September and received a yard overhaul during the remainder of the year.Decommissioning
USS Dynamic decommissioned
8 June 1971 ; sold toSpain 17 July 1971 under theSecurity Assistance Program asGuadalete (M-41) ; Struck from theNaval Register 1 August 1974 ; reclassified PVZ-41 in1980 ; decommissioned15 July 1998 . Fate unknown.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d6/dynamic-ii.htm
External links
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/MSO432.htm NVR - MSO-432]
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