Hull / pennantAM-434, MSO-434
ClassAgile class
NavyUnited States Navy
CountryUnited States
Builder / shipyardColberg Boat Works
Completed1954-11-16
Recorded statusDecommissioned/disposed
What is known about this ship
Embattle is one ship in the 93-ship Agile-design ocean-minesweeper lineage. U.S. AM/MSO changes, national pennants, conversions, and foreign transfers are retained as temporal identities on this same hull.
Service history
Disposed after U.S. service.
Class context: Agile class
The archive uses Agile class as the umbrella for 93 completed ships of the 172-foot low-magnetic ocean-minesweeper design: 58 built for the U.S. Navy and 35 built directly for NATO/MDAP partner navies. MSO-497 was not built.
Later service and disposition
Disposed after U.S. service.
Class relationship
This ship is recorded as a member of Agile class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.
Sources and further reading
- Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War — ShipbuildingHistory ↗ShipbuildingHistory.com · accessed 2026-09-19
- NavSource Mine Sweeper Photo Archive — AM / MSF / MSO / BAM Index ↗NavSource Naval History · accessed 2026-09-19
- Agile-class minesweeper — consolidated class and transfer reference ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
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