USS Conquest (AM-488)

History
United States
Name	USS Conquest (MSO-488)
Builder	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington
Laid down	26 March 1953
Launched	20 May 1954
Commissioned	8 July 1955
Decommissioned	29 June 1994
Reclassified	MSO-488, 7 February 1955
Stricken	29 June 1994
Fate	Sold to Taiwan, 1 March 1995
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Yung Tzu (MSO-1307)
Acquired	1 March 1995
Cost	$742,779
Commissioned	1 Mar 1995
Decommissioned	1 Sep 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	775 long tons (787 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines (later replaced by Waukasha Motors Co. diesels) 2 × shafts 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 70 enlisted
Armament	As built : 1 × single 40 mm gun mount 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine guns Final configuarion : 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine guns

USS Conquest (MSO-488) was an Agile-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

Conquest was laid down by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma, Washington on 26 March 1953 as AM-488, launched on 20 March 1954 by Mrs. C. D. Henderson. She was reclassified MSO-488 on 7 February 1955, and commissioned on 8 July 1955.