- Service history
- Awards
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United States | 1973}} | Ship name=USS Conquest (MSO-488) | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington | Ship laid down=26 March 1953 | Ship launched=20 May 1954
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=yes | Ship reclassified= MSO-488, 7 February 1955 | Ship commissioned= 8 July 1955 | Ship decommissioned= 29 June 1994 | Ship struck= 29 June 1994 | Ship fate= Sold to Taiwan, 1 March 1995
}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=Taiwan | Republic of China|naval}} | Ship name=ROCS Yung Tzu (MSO-1307) | Ship namesake= | Ship acquired=1 March 1995
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=yes | Ship original cost=$742,779 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship status={{Ship in active service}} | Ship fate=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Aggressive|minesweeper}} | 775|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load | 172|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 35|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 12|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines (later replaced by Waukasha Motors Co. diesels)- 2 × shafts
- 2 × controllable pitch propellers
| 14|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=8 officers, 70 enlisted | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*As built :- 1 × single 40 mm gun mount
- 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine guns
- Final configuarion :
- 1 × twin 20 mm gun mount
- 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin machine guns
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}} | USS Conquest (MSO-488) was an {{sclass-|Aggressive|minesweeper}} in the United States Navy. Conquest was laid down by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma, Washington on 26 March 1953 as AM-488, launched on 20 March 1954 by Mrs. C. D. Henderson. She was reclassified MSO-488 on 7 February 1955, and commissioned on 8 July 1955 with Lieutenant E. L. Davis in command. Service historyOne of a new type of non-magnetic minesweepers, Conquest remained operating out of Long Beach, California on trials and training until 2 October 1956. She sailed to Acapulco, Mexico, for a good will visit from 10 to 14 October, then returned to Long Beach to prepare for her first tour of duty in the Far East. Sailing 4 March 1957, Conquest visited Chinhae, South Korea, and Kaohsiung, Formosa for operations with the Republic of China Navy; Hong Kong, and various ports in Japan before returning to Long Beach on 13 September 1957 for overhaul. During 1958 she operated locally out of Long Beach and conducted a series of minesweeping exercises at Esquimalt, Nootka Sound, and Vancouver, British Columbia, from 6 October to 19 November. Between 17 August 1959 and 13 March 1960, she again served in the Far East, returning to local operations through June 1960. Conquest was decommissioned on 29 June 1994, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 June 1994 and sold on 1 March 1995. Conquest was sold to Taiwan to be designated Yung Tzu (MSO-1307) for $742,779 Call sign: "November - Tango - Alpha - Whiskey" AwardsConquest received 26 unit awards and citations: - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals for Quemoy-Matsu, Vietnam and Persian Gulf (8)
- Combat Action Ribbons (2)
- Navy "E" Ribbons (3)
- Navy Unit Commendation (1)
- Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Gallantry (3)
- Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation 1982 (1)
- Vietnam Service Medals (8)
References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c13/conquest-iii.htm}}
- {{NVR|{{NVR url|id=MSO488}}}}
External links- {{navsource|11/02488|USS Conquest (AM-488/MSO-488)}}
- USS Conquest (AM-488/MSO-488)
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