USS Force (AM-445)

History
United States
Name	USS Force
Builder	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington
Laid down	26 August 1952
Launched	26 June 1953
Commissioned	4 January 1955, as AM-445
Reclassified	MSO-445 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955
Fate	Lost by fire off Guam, 24 April 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	620 long tons (630 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines (later replaced by 4 × aluminum block Waukesha diesel engines) 2 × shafts 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	74
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 Force (AM-445) was an Agile-class minesweeper. She was laid down 26 August 1952 at J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. T. D. Wilson. She was launched 26 June 1953, commissioned 4 January 1955. She was redesignated an Ocean Minesweeper (MSO-445) on 7 February 1955.

Force was armed with one single 40 mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns. Later, her bow gun was replaced with one twin 20 mm.