USS Bold (AM-424) - Decommissioning

Decommissioning

In January 1970, Bold embarked upon her final year of active service with the U.S. Navy. In those last 12 months, the minesweeper carried out normal operations along the southern portion of the Atlantic seaboard. In January 1971, she began preparations for inactivation. Bold was decommissioned at Charleston on 2 July 1971, and she remained there, in reserve, until early in 1975. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 28 February 1975, and she was sold to Tucson One Hour, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, in June 1981.