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AM / MSO-513


MSO-513 was built for France.




Ouistreham (M 610) call sign:
Foxtrot - Charlie - Tango - Echo

Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down as AM-513, 21 October 1954 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper (Non-magnetic) MSO-513, 7 February 1955; Launched, 30 July 1955; Completed, 22 August 1956; Transferred to France as Ouistreham (M 610), 21 September 1956; Struck in 1994. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 750 t.; Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 11'; Speed 15.5 kts; Complement unknown; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 1,600shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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Ouistreham 126k . Gilles Obellianne
Ouistreham 81k c. December 1974
Photo by Wright and Logan
Fabio Peņa

There is no DANFS history available for MSO-513.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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