During her 15 years of active service with the Navy , the minesweeper served with the Atlantic and 6th Fleets . She operated out of Charleston throughout her career , when not deployed to the Mediterranean . '' Skill '' operated with the 6th Fleet in the " middle sea " in 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1964 , 1966 , and 1968 . '' Skill '' participated in the recovery effort of the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash in early 1966 . In late May 1968 , during the return voyage from her last Mediterranean deployment , '' Skill '' participated in the unsuccessful search for the nuclear submarine ,
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
USS Skill (MSO-471)