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MSO-511 Affray


Contributed by Mike Smolinski
Acme Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 August 1955 at Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc., Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Launched, 18 December 1956; Commissioned USS Affray (MSO-511), 8 December 1958; Decommissioned, 20 December 1992; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 June 1993; Laid up in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA.; Sold, 4 December 2000 to Baltimore Marine Industries, Baltimore, MD for scrapping.

Specifications: Displacement 633 t.(lt) , 750 t.(fl); Length 173'; Beam 36'; Draft 14'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 8 Officers, 70 Enlisted; Armament one 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, four General Motors diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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Affray 59k - 102 Minesweeper Web Site
Dick Lewis
Exploit/Affray 69k A starboard view of the ocean minesweepers USS Exploit (MSO-440) and USS Affray (MSO-511) moored at Naval Station Newport, RI. The minesweepers are part of the Naval Reserve Mobilization Forces. The Mount Hope Bridge is in
the background.
US Navy Photo DNST8311429
by JO2 Lance Johnson
Defense Visual Information Center
Exultant/Affray 48k c. December 2000. Awaiting scrapping at Baltimore, MD. Save An MSO Web Site
Rick Szpyrka, Richard Lewis, and Al Hines
Exultant/Affray 49k c. December 2000. Awaiting scrapping at Baltimore, MD. Save An MSO Web Site
Rick Szpyrka, Richard Lewis, and Al Hines

View the Affray (MSO-511)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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