page_title: USS Pledge (MSO-492)
section_title: Vietnam operations
hierarchical_section_title: USS Pledge (MSO-492) / Vietnam operations
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy minesweeper USS Pledge (MSO-492) patrols the South China Sea coastline of the Republic of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time, October 1967.
context_page_description: USS Pledge (MSO-492) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy.
  The second ship to be named Pledge by the Navy, MSO-492, a minesweeper, was laid down on 24 June 1954 by the J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, launched 20 July 1955, sponsored by Mrs. T. F. Uitsch, and commissioned 20 April 1956, Lt. Thomas D. Pfundstein in command.
context_section_description: Deployed to WESTPAC 24 August 1961, she visited Bangkok, Thailand, in November, and Saigon, Vietnam, in December. In early 1962 she participated in special training operations at Da Nang, Vietnam until her departure 17 February. Her deployment to WESTPAC, 12 August 1963 included exercises with South Korean ships in October and Nationalist Chinese ships in November. On her next assignment to WESTPAC, 13 August 1965, She performed coastal surveillance duties off the Republic of Vietnam from 18 October to 16 November 1965 and from 18 December into early 1966.
  Into 1970 Pledge remained active with the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
caption: USS Pledge (MSO-492) underway off Vietnam in October 1967
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