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MSC-71
ex-AMS-71


AMS-71 was built for France.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down in 1952 as Motor Minesweeper AMS-71 by Frank L. Samples, Jr., Inc., Boothbay Harbor, ME; Launched in 1953; Completed 31 August 1953 and transferred to France as Ajonc (M 667); Commissioned 26 February 1954; Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-71, 7 February 1955; Reclassified as A-701 in 1970; Sold 15 September 1989. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament two 20mm; Propulsion two 450 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

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