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MSC-140
ex-AMS-140


MSC-140 served the Navies of France and Taiwan.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as AMS-140 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA
  • Launched in 1954
  • Completed and transferred to France 1 April 1954 as Pâquerette (M 692)
  • Commissioned 14 August 1954
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as MSC-140, 7 February 1955
  • Decommissioned 3 June 1955, returned to U.S. custody and transferred to Taiwan as Yung Ping (MSC 155)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1982 and scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: Two twin 20mm mounts
  • Propulsion: General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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