USS Dash (AM-428)

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History
United States
Name	USS Dash
Builder	Astoria Marine Construction, Astoria, Oregon
Laid down	2 July 1951
Launched	20 September 1952
Commissioned	14 August 1953
Decommissioned	2 October 1982
Reclassified	MSO-428, 7 February 1955
Homeport	Little Creek, VA
Motto	Follow Me
Fate	Sold for scrap, 26 January 1984
General characteristics
Class and type	Agile-class minesweeper
Displacement	620 long tons (630 t)
Length	172 ft (52 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors8278A diesel engines 2 × shafts 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × 40 mm gun

USS Dash (AM-428) was an Agile-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 2 July 1951 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, Oregon and launched on 20 September 1952 by Astoria Marine Construction Company, the ship was commissioned on 14 August 1953, and reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-428, 7 February 1955.

Sailing from San Diego, California on 12 June 1954 Dash arrived at Charleston, South Carolina on 6 July. She sailed out of Charleston on local duty and for refresher training at Key West, Florida, until 4 January 1956 when she got underway with her division for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the U.S. 6th Fleet. She returned to Charleston on 11 June.

Dash served in the Mediterranean again between 1 May and 2 October 1957, and between 27 April and 27 August 1959. Through 1962, she operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean in amphibious and mine warfare exercises.

Dash was decommissioned on 2 October 1982, and sold for scrap on 26 January 1984 to Wayne Hobbs of Huntington, California, for $22,229.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

• Photo gallery of USS Dash (AM-428/MSO-428) at NavSource Naval History