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MSC-280


MSC-280 was built for Italy.

MSC-268 Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA; Launched, (date unknown); Completed 29 October 1959 and transferred to Italy as Mandorlo (M 5519); Struck in 1993.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 370 t.; Length 152'; Beam 28'; Draft 7'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 38; Armament two 20-mm; Propulsion two 600 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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Mandorlo 137k U.S. Navy photo from the February 1963 issue of All Hands magazine. Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for MSC-280.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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