USS Force (AM-445)

History
United States
Name	USS Force
Builder	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington
Laid down	26 August 1952
Launched	26 June 1953
Commissioned	4 January 1955, as AM-445
Reclassified	MSO-445 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955
Fate	Lost by fire off Guam, 24 April 1973
General characteristics
Class & type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	620 long tons (630 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines (later replaced by 4 × aluminum block Waukesha diesel engines); 2 × shafts; 2 × controllable pitch propellers;
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × single 40 mm gun mount (later replaced by 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount); 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin Browning M2 machine guns;

USS Force (AM-445) was an Agile-class minesweeper. She was laid down 26 August 1952 at J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. T. D. Wilson. She was launched 26 June 1953, commissioned 4 January 1955. She was redesignated an Ocean Minesweeper (MSO-445) on 7 February 1955.

Force was armed with one single 40 mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns. Later, her bow gun was replaced with one twin 20 mm.

History

United States
Name	USS Force
Builder	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington
Laid down	26 August 1952
Launched	26 June 1953
Commissioned	4 January 1955, as AM-445
Reclassified	MSO-445 (Ocean Minesweeper), 7 February 1955
Fate	Lost by fire off Guam, 24 April 1973
General characteristics
Class & type	Aggressive-class minesweeper
Displacement	620 long tons (630 t) full load
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion	4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines (later replaced by 4 × aluminum block Waukesha diesel engines) 2 × shafts 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × single 40 mm gun mount (later replaced by 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount) 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin Browning M2 machine guns