USS Conquest (AM-488)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Conquest.
USS Conquest (MSO-488) was an Agile-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | USS Conquest (MSO-488) |
Builder | J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington |
Laid down | 26 March 1953 |
Launched | 20 May 1954 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1955 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1994 |
Reclassified | MSO-488, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 29 June 1994 |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 1 March 1995 |
History | |
Taiwan | |
Name | ROCS Yung Tzu (MSO-1307) |
Acquired | 1 March 1995 |
Cost | $742,779 |
Commissioned | 1 Mar 1995 |
Decommissioned | 1 Sep 2020 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aggressive-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 775 long tons (787 t) full load |
Length | 172 ft (52 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 8 officers, 70 enlisted |
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Conquest was laid down by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma, Washington on 26 March 1953 as AM-488, launched on 20 March 1954 by Mrs. C. D. Henderson. She was reclassified MSO-488 on 7 February 1955, and commissioned on 8 July 1955.