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AMS-175
MSC-175


MSC-175 was built in The Netherlands.



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Lima - Kilo

MSC-172 Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as a Motor Minesweeper AMS-175in The Netherlands under the off-shore procurement plan of the Military Defense Assistance Pact and based on the design of the British "Ton" Class Coastal Minesweeper; Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper MCS-175, 7 February 1955; Completed, 5 November 1955 and named Naaldwijk (M 809); Currently in use by the Sea Scout's; Reclassified PW-809.

Specifications: Displacement 417 t.; Length 149' 8"; Beam 28'; Draft 9'; Speed 16 kts; Complement 38; Armament two single 40-mm; Propulsion two 1,250 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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Size Image Description Source
M-809 410k M-809
c. 1955.
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PW-641/809 61k PW-809 alongside the former French submarine chaser Le Fougueux (PW 641), ex-P-641. Peter Bethlem

There is no DANFS history available for MSC-175.
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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