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MSO-484
ex-AM-484


AM-484 was built for the Netherlands.

AM-480 Class Fleet Minesweeper: Laid down 27 February 1952 as AM-484 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 2 May 1953; Completed, 12 August 1954; Transferred to the Netherlands and commissioned Onvermoeid (M 887), 23 September 1954; Reclassified by U. S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-484, 7 February 1955; Reclassified A-857 in August 1965; Scrapped 8 January 1975 at Ayrshire, United Kingdom.

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

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AM-484 55k Minesweeper hulls AM-483, 484, 485 for the Netherlands in the background. In the foreground is the last American-made side-wheeler still afloat in the U.S. and used as a floating warehouse. Restored and now serves as a museum in
Sandusky, Ohio.
Photo courtesy Peterson Builders.		 Mercuur Museum Website
MSO-484 168k HRNLMS Vos (F 820), ex-PCE-1606, HRNLMS Panter (F 821), ex-PCE-1608 and Onvermoeid passing the light cruiser de Ruyter (C 801) to port. Pieter Bakels
There is no DANFS history available for MSO-484
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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