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MSC-111
ex-AMS-111


Courtesy of Arie van Mazijk



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Charlie - Golf


MSC-111 was built for The Netherlands.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as AMS-111 by Broward Marine Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Completed 4 February 1954, transferred to The Netherlands and named Brummen (M 851)
  • Reclassified by the U.S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-111, 7 February 1955
  • Placed out of service 21 May 1973
  • Struck from the Naval Register 14 August 1974
  • Sold for scrap 30 March 1976 to Motorbedrijf (Motor Company) Kerkhovenin, Zwijndrecht, Holland.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: One twin 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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    AMS-111
    Brummen 87k 23 February 1954
    New Orleans, LA
    AMS-111, (Brummen [M 851]) inboard of AMS-100, (Breukelen [M 852]). Officials on the quay at Algiers Naval Station for the official transfer to the Dutch Navy of AMS-111. AMS-100 was transferred the week before on 15 February 1954    		 Arie van Mazijk
    MSC-100 92k c. 1954
    Ponta Delgada, Azores
    AMS-100 (Breukelen), AMS-111 (Brummen), and AMS-168 (Bruinisse) en route to Holland along with three unidentified AMS'
    Brummen (M 855)
    Brummen 110k . Royal Dutch Navy
    Brummen 148k . Arie van Mazijk
    Brummen 151k
    Brummen 70k
    Brummen 49k Borculo (M 849), ex-MSC-107 and Brummen
    Brummen 74k Brummen and Breskens (M 855), ex-MSC-148
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-111
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