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MSO-512
ex-AM-512


MSO-512 was built for France.
AM-450 Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 September 1954 as AM-512 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI
  • Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-512, 7 February 1955
  • Launched 23 April 1955
  • Sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Davidson
  • Completed 24 June 1956
  • Transferred to France as Narvik (M 609), 23 July 1956
  • Reclassified A-769 in 1976
  • Decommissioned in 1988
  • Struck from the Navy list in 1989
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 750 t.
  • Length 172'
  • Beam 35'
  • Draft 11'
  • Speed 15.5 kts.
  • Armament: One 40mm mount and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two 1,600shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    AM-512
    AM-512 455k 5 October 1954
    Peterson Builders photo from the Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI    		 Michael Cosgrove
    MSO-512
    AM-512 287k Peterson Builders photo from the Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI Michael Cosgrove
    Narvik (M 609)
    MSO-512 152k View of the Forecastle
    Photo by Marine Nationale    		 Robert Hurst
    MSO-512 70k c. 1959
    Photo by Marius Bar from the 1959/1960 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
    Narvik (A 769)
    MSO-512 40k c. 1964
    Photo by Marine Nationale    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for MSO-512
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