Builder: Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California Laid down: 1 September 1952 Launched: 20 December 1952 Commissioned: 10 September 1955 Decommissioned: 20 September 1991 Reclassified: MSO-438, 7 February 1955 Struck: 20 September 1991 Homeport: Long Beach, California and Seattle, Washington Fate: scrapped in 2000
General characteristics
Class & type: Aggressive-class Displacement: 620 tons Length: 172 ft (52 m) Beam: 36 ft (11 m) Draft: 10 ft (3.0 m) Speed: 16 knots Complement: 74
USS Esteem (MSO 438) was an Aggressive-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.