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MSC-74
ex-AMS-74



AMS-74 was built for Italy


Gelso call sign:
India - Hotel - Lima - Delta


Transferred to Greece


Erato call sign:
Sierra - Zulu - Zulu - Alpha
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-74 by the Henry C. Grebe and Co., Inc., Chicago, IL; Launched 2 February 1954; Completed 6 July 1953 and transferred to Italy as Castagno (M 5504); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-74, 7 February 1955; Transferred to Greece in 1995 as Erato (M 60).

Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament, two twin 20-mm; Propulsion two 880hp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.

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MSC-74 339k Erato (M 60)
Hellenic Navy Photo		 Royal Hellenic Navy
There is no DANFS history available for AMS-74.
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