USS Prestige (MSO-465)

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History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Builder Wilmington Boat Works
Laid down15 April 1952
Launched30 April 1954
Commissioned11 September 1954
Decommissionedlost (ran aground)
Strickendate unknown
Homeport Long Beach, California
Fateran aground and lost, 23 August 1958
General characteristics
Displacement630 tons
Length172 ft (52 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed15 knots
Complement65
Armamentone 40 mm mount

USS Prestige (AM-465/MSO-465) was an Agile-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.

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Prestige (AM–465) was laid down 15 April 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California; launched 30 April 1954; sponsored by Mrs. William R. Poulson; and commissioned 11 September 1954.

Pacific Ocean deployments

After shakedown and reclassification to MSO–465 on 7 February 1955, Prestige participated in various exercises out of Long Beach, California, until she deployed 4 January 1956 to WestPac, proceeding via Pearl Harbor and Midway Island to serve with the U.S. 7th Fleet.

Operations in the Atlantic and the Pacific

Her WestPac tour of 1956 included landing exercises at Iwo Jima in February and April. Following a visit to Yokosuka, Japan, she returned to Long Beach 15 June for local operations. Sailing for the Panama Canal 30 August 1957, she conducted operations on both the Atlantic and the Pacific sides of the Canal. Heading for Long Beach 23 November, she commenced overhaul upon arrival.

Running aground in the Japanese Inland Sea

Deployed to WestPac in 1958, Prestige ran aground in Naruto Strait, Inland Sea, Japan, 23 August 1958. USS Pivot (MSO-463) came to her rescue, but ran aground herself. Pivot managed to free herself, but Prestige could not break free and was abandoned and declared a total loss.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .