USS Loyalty (AM-457) - First WestPac Cruise

First WestPac Cruise

After shakedown Loyalty operated out of her home port, Long Beach, California, for the remaining months of 1954. Reclassified MSO-457 on 7 February 1955, the new minesweeper sailed on her first WestPac cruise 1 July. Operating with the U.S. 7th Fleet, Loyalty engaged in minesweeping exercises off Japan, Taiwan, and Korea before returning to Long Beach in February 1956.