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AMS / MSC-167

AMS-167 was built for The Netherlands.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as AMS-167 by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; Launched, (date unknown); Completed, 11 December 1953 and transferred to The Netherlands as Brielle (M 854); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-167, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 1975. 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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Launching ceremony for AMS-167 and AMS-168 Photo from the February 1954 issue of All Hands magazine |
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Brielle (M 854) ex-AMS-167. Still wearing her original hull number and flying the Netherlands flag. Royal Dutch Navy Photo |
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There is no DANFS history available for AMS-167.
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