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|Class afterbefore= [[Acme-class minesweeper|''Acme'' class]] [[ Hawk-class minesweeper|'' Hawk'' class]]

|Class before=

|Class after=[[Acme-class minesweeper|''Acme'' class]]

|Subclasses=ships built for [[Foreign Military Sales|FMS]]

|Cost={{ShipCost|USA|9|m|year=1955|quantity=1|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stocktonhistoricalmaritimemuseum.org/uss-lucid/stats/|title=Stats|date=17 July 2012}}</ref>}}

|Built range=1951-19571951–1957

|In service range=1953 - 20251953–2025

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Although it was planned to modernize all U.S. Navy ship of this class, only 19 ships were modernized starting with Fiscal Year 1968. The modernization cost between 700,000 and $1,500,000 per ship and should enable them to operate for another ten years. The ships received new aluminum block Waukesha diesel engines and the superstructure was enlarged aft. The UQS-1 sonar was replaced with SQQ-14. Two PAP-104 cable-guided undersea tools were added. Also, two 40&nbsp;hp zodiacs were carried for the purpose of mooring the new sonar reflectors. Also, a team of [[Underwater Demolition Team|mine clearance divers]] was added. Additional space on the foc'sle was needed for installation of the SQQ-14 cabling so the 40mm Bofors bow gun was replaced with a mount for a twin 20&nbsp;mm Mk 68 gun.<ref>Terzibaschitsch, p. 609; http://www.allwoodships.com/MilitaryShips/MineWarfare/AM-421,Agile-Aggressive.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142712/http://www.allwoodships.com/MilitaryShips/MineWarfare/AM-421,Agile-Aggressive.htm |date=2015-04-02 }}</ref>

On July 1st, 2025, the last Agile-class minesweeper, [[USS Implicit (AM-455)|ROCS ''Yung Yang'']] retired from Taiwan Navy service. <ref>{{cite web | title=海軍大岡、永陽艦除役 歷屆艦長不捨細數服役歷程 - 軍事 | date=July 2025 | url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20250701003269-260417?chdtv }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=大岡軍艦ATF-554除役最後降旗典禮及最後身影/永陽軍艦MSO-1306最後身影(謝謝林老師Roger Lin提供) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=July 2025 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5rE2HyMCc }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=20250701-大岡（Atf-554)與永陽（Mso-1306）軍艦今天除役，感謝二艘軍艦捍衛國家，感謝木殼船上的鋼鐵人的保家衛國 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=July 2025 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBT5drSboL4&t=22s }}</ref>

==Construction and disposition==