USS Agile (MSO-421) - 1962 Caribbean Operations

1962 Caribbean Operations

Following post-deployment standdown, the minesweeper entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard in mid-November for regular overhaul. She left the shipyard in January 1962 and after refresher training, resumed operations out of Charleston with the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force. Until the beginning of May Agile conducted independent ship's exercises, type training, and training missions for the Mine Warfare School. On 2 May, she departed Charleston, bound for Panama City, Florida. For a little more than a month, the warship performed service in support of experiments and tests conducted by the Naval mine Defense Laboratory. She returned to Charleston on 8 June, began preparations for a deployment to the West Indies, and embarked upon that assignment on 20 July. The minesweeper made port visits participated in an amphibious exercise at Vieques Island, and joined other American ships off Haiti for a show of force during another of that country's frequent periods of internal disorder.