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AM / MSO-522


MSO-522 was built for Belgium.



Van Haverbeke's call sign:
Oscar - Romeo - Juliet - Charlie



Ability Class Ocean Minesweeper: Authorized as AM-522; Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-522, 7 February 1955; Laid down, 2 March 1959 at Peterson Builder's Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 25 October 1959; Completed, 7 November 1960; Transferred to Belgium as J. E. Van Haverbeke (M 902), 12 December 1960. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 934 t.; Length 190'; Beam 36'; Draft 12'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 81; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion General Motors 2,700shp diesels, two shafts.
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MSO-522 98k Door County Maritime Museum Photo Belgium MSO Web Site
M-902 84k Belgium Navy Photo Belgium MSO Web Site

There is no DANFS history available for MSO-522.
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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