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MSO-480
ex-AM-480


AM-480 was built for the Netherlands.

AM-480 Class Fleet Minesweeper: Laid down 24 September 1952 as AM-480 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR; Launched 11 April 1953; Sponsored by Mrs. R. Wilhelm, Jr.; Completed 19 May 1954; Transferred to the Netherlands 27 May 1954 as Onversaagd (M 884); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-480, 7 February 1955; Reclassified A-854 in August 1965; Scrapped 31 July 1979 at Settingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom.

Specifications: Displacement 750 t.; Length 171'; Beam 35'; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 39; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion General Motors 1,600shp diesel enginess, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
AM-480 123k 25 October 1952
Construction progress photo		 Astoria Marine Construction Co
AM-480 135k Onversaagd (A 854). Mercuur Museum Website
MSO-480 395k . Pieter Bakels
There is no DANFS history available for MSO-480.
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