USS Pinnacle (MSO-462)
USS Pinnacle (MSO-462) circa 1965
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United States | |
Name | USS Pinnacle |
Builder | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Laid down | 24 August 1953 |
Launched | 3 January 1955, as AM-462 |
Commissioned | 21 October 1955 |
Reclassified | MSO-462 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1977 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 May 1978 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aggressive-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | 172 ft (52 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 6 officers and 74 enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS Pinnacle (AM-462/MSO-462) was an
Pinnacle was laid down 24 August 1953 as AM-462 by
North Atlantic operations
Pinnacle was assigned to
On 6 February she returned to Charleston, South Carolina, then, through September, furnished services for the Office of Naval Research. Overhaul and local operations followed and in May, 1958, Pinnacle again sailed for the Mediterranean.
Middle East Crisis operations
As tension in the Middle East rose to a new height, Pinnacle steamed directly to the eastern Mediterranean and for most of that deployment cruised off the Levantine states. Between 1 August and 2 October she spent six weeks off Beirut as the 6th Fleet answered Lebanese President Camille Chamoun's request for aid. En route home a series of engineering casualties resulted in the loss of the use of her main engines. Taken in tow by USS Nimble (MSO-459), she arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, 3 November.
Stateside Overhaul
Overhaul, local operations and
Continued U.S. 6th Fleet operations
In May 1963, Pinnacle again deployed to the Mediterranean and into 1970 regularly rotated between duty with the 6th Fleet, local operations and training exercises off the
Deactivation
Pinnacle was struck from the
Notes
- ^ Melson, June 1967, p.31
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Melson, Lewis B., CAPT USN (June 1967). "Contact 261". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
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External links
- Photo gallery of USS Pinnacle (AM-462/MSO 462) at NavSource Naval History