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AM / MSO-501


MSO-501 was built for France.


AM-498 Class Minesweeper: Laid down as AM-501, 17 August 1954 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper (Non-magnetic), 7 February 1955; Launched, 25 February 1955; Completed, 23 January 1956; Transferred to France as Origny (M 621), 14 February 1956; Converted to an Oceanographic Research Ship, 1961/62; Reclassified A-640, 1974; Origny decommissioned, 1 July 1982; Disposed of in 1985. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 750 t.; Length 171'; 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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Origny 62k A-640. c. 1974
Combat Fleets of the World
Fabio Peņa
Origny 109k A-640 at Barcelona, Spain. 20 June 1982 a few days before decommissioning. Fabio Peņa

There is no DANFS history available for MSO-501.
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