Previously Held NEC SM-0000-Signalman
SO-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
Service Years
1968 - 1992
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Plank Owner
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Work as the government rep for the Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) Center that assists Military Service members, DOA Civilians, and family members transition to civilian job market.
NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Tacoma, WA
State/Country United States
Patch
USS Enhance (MSO-437) Details
Hull number MSO-437 Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down 12 July 1952 as AM-437 at Maritinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA; Launched, 11 October 1952; Redesignated an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-437, 7 February 1955; Commissioned USS Enhance (MSO-437), 16 April 1955; Decommissioned, 31 December 1991; Struck from the Naval Register, 21 February 1992; Scrapped 6 March 2000 by Crowley Marine Services, Long Beach, CA.
These new minesweepers were smaller and built primarily of wood , with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature. All of the 1950 era MSOs had UQS-1 mine-locating sonar, later updated with SQQ-14 sonar. MSOs were capable of sweeping for moored, bottom contact, magnetic and acoustic mines.