USS Sagacity (MSO-469)

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USS Sagacity (MSO-469) underway in 1955
History
United States
NameUSS Sagacity (MSO-469)
Laid down6 October 1952
Launched20 February 1954
Commissioned20 January 1955
Decommissioned1 October 1970
Stricken1 October 1970
HomeportCharleston, South Carolina
FateSold for scrapping, 1971
General characteristics
Displacement775 tons (full load)
Length172 ft (52 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed15 knots
Complement74
Armamentone
40 mm
mount

USS Sagacity (AM-469/MSO-469) was an

U.S. Navy
for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.

Sagacity (AM-469) was laid down on 6 October 1952 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Connecticut; launched on 20 February 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Loretta B. McCue; and commissioned on 20 January 1955.

Sagacity’s first Med cruise

Redesignated MSO-469 on 7 February, Sagacity completed

Mediterranean deployment in the fall of 1956. The four-month deployment was followed by a return to minesweeping exercises in the Caribbean and off the Carolina and Florida
coasts.

Assigned various duties

Biennially deployed to the

U.S. 2d Fleet duty. Occasionally assigned to planeguard duty for helicopters from amphibious assault ships, target towing, and to patrol duties, she was also a unit of the Project Mercury recovery force in January 1962 and participated in the recovery effort of the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash.[1]

Her last 6th Fleet tour of duty

In January 1968, Sagacity steamed east for her last tour with the

U.S. East Coast
.

Grounding in Charleston harbor

In March 1970, she grounded at the entrance to Charleston harbor, causing extensive damage to her rudders, shafts, screws, keel, and hull.

Inactivation and decommissioning

Five months later, as the Navy continued its force level reduction, Sagacity was ordered inactivated. She was decommissioned and struck from the

Navy list
on 1 October 1970. In 1971, she was sold for scrapping.

Notes

  1. ^ Melson, June 1967, p.31

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

  • Melson, Lewis B., CAPT USN (June 1967). "Contact 261". United States Naval Institute Proceedings. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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