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AM / MSO-423 Avenge


Aggressive Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 August 1951 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn; Launched, 15 March 1953; Commissioned USS Avenge (AM-423), 13 May 1954; Reclassified as a Ocean Minesweeper MSO-423, 14 January 1955; Heavily damaged by fire of unknown origin at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Fort McHenry Shipyard, Baltimore, Md., 7 September 1969; Decommissioned, 31 January 1970; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1970; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 October 1969 to Steve B Clemons, Miami Shores, FL for $2,789.

Specifications: Displacement 630 t.(lt), 755 t.(fl); Length 172'; Beam 35'; Draft 10'; Speed 14 kts; Complement six Officers, 74 Enlisted; Armament, one single 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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Avenge 184k mid-Atlantic, 20 May 1956 Larry Bohn
MINDIV-82 120k Ship's of Mine Division Eighty Two prepare to leave Charleston, SC for a Mediterranean deployment. MINDIV-82 ship's from left to right are: Fearless (MSO 442), Avenge, Exultant (MSO 441), the Belgium Minesweeper F. Bovesse (M 909) (ex-MSO-516), and Fidelity (MSO 443).
Photo courtesy of Leroy D. "Mo" Mahoney
Official US Navy Photo
Belgium MSO Web Site

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