Service History
Following preliminary trials, Valor joined Mine Division (MinDiv) 82, Mine Squadron (MinRon) 8, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, on 14 September. Immediately thereafter, she steamed to Key West, Florida where she conducted shakedown training through the end of the year. In February 1955 she entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard for an extensive overhaul. On the 7th of that month, she was redesignated ocean minesweeper USS Valor (MSO-472).
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