History
United States
NameUSS Direct
BuilderHiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, New York
Laid down2 February 1952
Launched27 May 1953
Commissioned9 July 1954
Decommissioned2 October 1982
ReclassifiedMSO-430, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 October 1982
FateSold for scrap, 26 January 1984
General characteristics
Class and typeAgile-class minesweeper
Displacement620 long tons (630 t)
Length172 ft (52 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draft10 ft (3 m)
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement74
Armament1 × 40 mm gun

USS Direct (AM-430/MSO-430) was an Agile-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 2 February 1952 at the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., of Kingston, New York, the ship was launched on 27 May 1953; commissioned on 9 July 1954 by Benjamin H. Dean; and reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-430, 7 February 1955.

North Atlantic operations

Based at Charleston, South Carolina, Direct operated on mine-sweeping exercises and training with other ships. She also provided services to the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, Naval Mine Defense Laboratory at Panama City, Florida, and Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Virginia.

From 1 May to 2 October 1957 she cruised to the Mediterranean Sea for duty with the United States Sixth Fleet. On 14 April 1958 her home port was changed to Yorktown, Virginia, and on 15 January 1959 to Little Creek, Virginia. Between 27 April and 27 August 1959 she served again in the Mediterranean, then served in amphibious exercises and other operations through 1962.

Decommissioning

Direct was decommissioned on 2 October 1982; struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1982; and sold for scrap on 26 January 1984 to Wayne Hobbs, Huntington, California, for US$22,229 (equivalent to $62,614 in 2022).

References

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

  • Photo gallery of USS Direct (AM-430/MSO-430) at NavSource Naval History
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