USS ''Dynamic'' (AM-432/MSO-432) was an in service with the

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and the

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. Laid down on 31 October 1951 at

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; launched on 17 December 1952; commissioned as USS ''Dynamic'' (AM-432) on 15 December 1953; redesignated MSO-432, 7 February 1955.

Service history

Assigned to Mine Division 91, Squadron 9, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet, ''Dynamic'' operated out of her home port of

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, that included training with other ships, aircraft, soldiers and

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, and with

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of other navies. She cruised to the Far East in 1957-58 visiting ports in Japan, Korea, and

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, and participated in

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exercises with ships of the

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and

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navies. She made a similar cruise in the first half of 1960, joined the other fleet units in the "Pacific Festival" at

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, in September and received a yard overhaul during the remainder of the year. ''Dynamic'' became a part of Mine Division 91 in September 1967. The division consisted of ''Dynamic'', , , and .

Decommissioning

''Dynamic'' was decommissioned on 8 June 1971, and sold to Spain on 17 July 1971 under the Security Assistance Program to serve as ''Guadalete'' (M41). ''Dynamic'' was struck from the

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on 1 August 1974. ''Guadalete'' was reclassified PVZ-41 in 1980; and decommissioned on 15 July 1998. Fate unknown.

External links

Reunion site
for the USS ''Dynamic''.

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dynamic (Am-432) Agile-class minesweepers Ships built in Stockton, California 1952 ships Cold War minesweepers of the United States Aggressive-class minesweepers of the Spanish Navy