History | |
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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 |
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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 | 70 |
Armament |
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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.