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MSC-287


AMS-287 was built for Spain.



Tajo call sign:
Echo - Bravo - India - Victor



MSC-268 Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Tampa Marine Corp., Tampa, FL; Launched, 1 May 1958; Completed, 18 May 1959; Transferred to Spain as Tajo (M 30), 9 July 1959; Reclassified M-24, 1980; Struck from the Spanish Navy List, 25 January 2002. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 370 t.; Length 152'; Beam 28'; Draft 7'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 38; Armament two 20-mm; Propulsion two 1,200 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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Tajo 83k Tajo (M 30). c. 1970s.
Spanish Navy Photo
Fabio Peña
Tajo 54k Tajo (M 24), Arsenal De Cartagena, Spain. c. February 1986 Ignacio López

There is no DANFS history available for MSC-287.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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