The U.S. Navy ocean minesweepers of Mine Division 73 steam together in the Pacific, circa 1965 (top to bottom): USS <i>Illusive</i> (MSO-448), USS <i>Conquest</i> (MSO-488), USS <i>Esteem</i> (MSO-438), USS <i>Gallant</i> (MSO-489) and USS <i>Pledge</i> (MSO-492). The minesweepers were working out of their home port at Long Beach, California (USA). In 1964, they served a tour with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196508.pdf">August 1965</a>, p. 1.