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MSC-78
ex-AMS-78
MSC-78 served the Navies of Belgium and the Republic of China
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-78 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, MA; Completed 24 July 1953 and transferred to Belgium as Maaseik (M 913); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-78, 7 February 1955; Returned to U.S. custody in 1969 and transferred to the Republic of China as Yung Chen (M 168). Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament, two twin 20-mm; Propulsion General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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