USS Vital (MSO-474)

History
United States
Name	USS Vital
Builder	Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	31 October 1952
Launched	12 August 1953, as AM-474
Commissioned	9 June 1955
Decommissioned	22 September 1972
Reclassified	MSO-474 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955
Stricken	September 1977
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 21 July 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	630 long tons (640 t) light; 755 long tons (767 t) full load;
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines; 2 × shafts; 2 × controllable pitch propellers;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	1 × single 40 mm gun mount (later replaced by 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount); 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin Browning M2 machine guns;

USS Vital (AM-474/MSO-474) was an Agile-class minesweeper in service with the United States Navy from 1955 to 1972. She was sold for scrap in 1979.

History

United States
Name	USS Vital
Builder	Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	31 October 1952
Launched	12 August 1953, as AM-474
Commissioned	9 June 1955
Decommissioned	22 September 1972
Reclassified	MSO-474 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955
Stricken	September 1977
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 21 July 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	630 long tons (640 t) light 755 long tons (767 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines 2 × shafts 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	1 × single 40 mm gun mount (later replaced by 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount) 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin Browning M2 machine guns