USS Excel (AM-439)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Excel (AM-439) (MSO-439) |
| Builder: | Higgins Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1953 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1953 |
| Commissioned: | 24 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1992 |
| Reclassified: | MSO-439 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 28 March 1994 |
| Honours and awards: |
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation, Secretary of the Navy Energy Conservation Award, Navy Reserve Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Minesweeping “M” Excellence Award |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Aggressive class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 775 tons |
| Length: | 172 ft (52.43 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (10.97 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.05 m) |
| Propulsion: | Four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, replaced by four Waukasha Motors Co. diesels, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers. |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | 74 |
| Armament: | 1 40mm., 2 .50-cal. mg |
USS Excel (AM-439) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper: laid down, 9 February 1953 as AM-439 at the Higgins Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana; launched, 25 September 1953; reclassified an Ocean Minesweeper (non-magnetic) MSO-439, 7 February 1955; commissioned USS Excel (MSO-439), 24 February 1955.
Read more about USS Excel (AM-439): West Coast Operations, Decommissioning
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