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Specifications: Displacement 775 t; Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 12'; Speed 14 kts; Complement eight officers, 70 enlisted; Armament, as built, one single 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, final configuration, bow gun replaced by one twin 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns remain; Propulsion, four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, replaced by four Waukasha Motors Co. diesels, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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213k | - | 102 Minesweeper Web Site Dick Lewis |
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69k | A starboard view of the ocean minesweepers Exploit and 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 |
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87k | USS Arcadia (AD 23); Hawkins (DDR 873); McNair (DD 679); Exploit; Bulwark (MSO 425); Aggressive (MSO 422) and Bold (MSO 424). US Navy Photo from the January 1956 issue of All Hands magazine |
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47k | Awaiting scrapping at Baltimore Marine Industries, Baltimore, MD | Save An MSO Web Site Rick Szpyrka |
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