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AMS / MSC-130


AMS-130 was built for Spain.



Turia (M 27) call sign:
Echo - Bravo - India - November



Bluebird Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-130 by the Hiltebrant Drydock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 14 July 1954; Completed, 18 May 1955; U. S. Navy reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-130, 7 February 1955; Transferred to Spain as Turia (M 27), 1 June 1955; Reclassified as a Patrol Craft PVZ-54, 1980; Reclassieied P-54, 1986; Stuck, 1993; Sunk as an artificial reef off La Manga del Mar Menor, 2 August 1999.

Specifications: Displacement 362 t.; Length 144' 3"; Beam 27' 2"; Draft 12'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 40; Armament, one twin 20-mm; Propulsion 600shp Packard diesel engines, two shafts.
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Turia 55k The Spanish Turia is scuttled to serve as an artificial reef.
Photo by Diego Quevedo Carmona, Spanish Navy
U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings
March 2003

There is no DANFS history available for AMS-130
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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