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MSO-482
ex-AM-482


AM-482 was built for the Netherlands.
AM-480 Class Fleet Minesweeper: Laid down 11 April 1952 as AM-482 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR; Launched 6 March 1954; Sponsored by Mrs. W. J. Peterson; Completed 18 January 1955; Transferred to the Netherlands 31 January 1955 as Onvervaard (M 888); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-482, 7 February 1955; Reclassified A-858 in August 1965; Sold for scrap 14 November 1984 to Deans Marine Ltd. of Sheerness, 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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Onvervaard (M 888)
MSO-482 232k . Pieter Bakels
Onvervaard (A 858)
MSO-482 99k c. 1966 Robert Hurst
There is no DANFS history available for MSO-482.
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