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| | USS VENTURE-A Salute to the Minesweeper USS VENTURE(MSO-496) |
 | | Although her home port was changed from Charleston, S.C. to Panama City, Florida January 1st, 1959, the minesweeper embarked upon her first Mediterranean cruise from the former port on January 9, 1959 as the flagship of Mine Division (MinDiv) 81. |
 | | On August 3, 1959, the minesweeper departed Charleston, bound finally for Panama City, Fla., her new home port, and became engaged in routine services to the Navy's Mine Defense Laboratory on various projects, until the end of the year. |
 | | She entered Jacksonville Shipyard at Charleston on 1 September and remained through the middle of November to receive a prototype FRAM conversion to her fantail and minesweeping equipment; this restored to her a full minesweeping capability. |
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