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MSC-269


MSC-269 was built for Spain.



Ebro call sign:
Echo - Bravo - India - Zulu

MCS-268 Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Launched, 8 November 1957; Completed, 18 December 1958 and transferred to Spain as Ebro (M 26); Reclassified M-22; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 370 t.; Length 152'; Beam 28'; Draft 7'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 38; Armament, two 20-mm; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, 1,200shp, two shafts.


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Ebro 49k Barcelona, Spain. c. February 1986. Ignacio López
Duero 109k 6 December 1988. A small portion of Ebro's stern is shown alongside Duero
(M 23)
ex-M-28, ex-AMS-266, ex-MSC-266. Both are at "dress ship" for Spanish Constitution Day.
Fabio Peña
Odiel/Sil/Ebro/Genil 131k Odiel (M 26), ex-MSC-288; Sil (M 27), ex-Redwing (MSC 200); Ebro; and Genil (M-25), ex-MSC-279.
Barcelona, Spain, 10 November 2002.
Fabio Peña
Odiel/Sil/Ebro/Genil 86k Odiel (M 26), ex-MSC-288; Sil (M 27), ex-Redwing (MSC 200); Ebro; and Genil (M-25), ex-MSC-279.
Barcelona, Spain, 10 November 2002.
Fabio Peña

There is no DANFS history available for MSC-269.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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