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MSO-498
ex-AM-498


MSO-498 was built for Norway and later transferred to Belgium.



Dufour call sign:
Oscar - Romeo - Juliet - Delta
Agressive Class Ocean Minesweeper: Laid down 11 February 1954 as AM-498 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Launched, 13 August 1954; Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-498, 7 February 1955; Completed 27 September 1955 and transferred to Norway as Lagen (M 950); Transferred to Belgium as Dufour (M 903), 14 April 1966; Placed in reserve in 1996; Requested demilitarization from the Defense Logistics Agency in January 2004; Transferred to the Port of Ghent, Belgium for demolition 16 January 2007.

Specifications: Displacement 934 t.; Length 190'; Beam 36'; Draft 12'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 81; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion 2,700shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Lagen (M 950)
MSO-498 91k Flying the Norwegian flag, but wearing her U.S. Navy hull number
U.S. Navy photo		 Robert M. Cieri
Dufour (M 903)
MSO-498 89k Dufour (M 903) Belgium MSO Web Site
MSO-498 87k 7 December 2003
Zeebrugge, Belgium		 Paolo Marsan
There is no DANFS history available for MSO-498.
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