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AM / MSO-451


MSO-451 served the Navies of France and Uruguay.

AM-450 Class Fleet Minesweeper: Laid down, 21 March 1952 as AM-451 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Launched, 10 January 1953; Completed, 24 February 1954; Transferred to France as Bir Hacheim (M 614), 16 March 1954; Reclassified by U. S. Navy, 7 February 1955 as an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-450; Returned to U. S. Navy custody, 1970; Tranaferred to Uruguay, 1970 as Maldanado (MS 33); Struck from the Naval Register, 1979; Scrapped, 18 September 1979.

Specifications: Displacement 750 t.; Length 171'; Beam 35'; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 39; Armament, one 40-mm and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 800 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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There is no DANFS history available for AM-450.
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