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AMS / MSC-168


AMS-168 was built for The Netherlands.

Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as AMS-168 by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; Launched, (date unknown); Completed, 8 January 1954 and transferred to The Netherlands as Bruinisse (M 856); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-168, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned (date unknown); Returned to U. S. Navy, 1972; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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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AMS-167/168 112k Launching ceremony for AMS-167 and AMS-168
Photo from the February 1954 issue of All Hands magazine
Joe Radigan
AMS-168 126k Bruinisse (M 856) ex-AMS-168. Still wearing her original hull number and flying the Netherlands flag.
Royal Dutch Navy Photo
Royal Dutch Navy

There is no DANFS history available for AMS-168.
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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