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AM / MSO-453

AM-453 was built for France.
AM-450 Class Fleet Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 November 1952 as AM-453 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Launched, 11 April 1953; Completed, 23 June 1954; Transferred to France as Alencon (M 612), 16 July 1954; Reclassified, 7 February 1955 as an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-453; Struck from the Naval Register, 1983.
Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 750 t.; Length 171'; Beam 35'; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 39; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 800 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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c. 1956 Photo by M. Henri Le Masson |
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There is no DANFS history available for AM-453.
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