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AM / MSF-323 / MMC-3 Triumph


Triumph served the Navies of the United States and Norway.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 October 1942 for the Royal Navy as HMS Espoir (BAM 24) by the Associated Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA; Taken over by the U. S. Navy, late 1942/early 1943 and renamed USS Triumph (AM 323); Launched, 25 February 1943; Commissioned USS Triumph (AM-323), 3 February 1944; Decommissioned, 30 January 1947 at San Diego; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Recommissioned, 28 February 1952 at San Diego, CA; Redesignated a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-323, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 29 August 1955 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Redesignated MMC-3, 4 December 1959; Transferred to Norway, 27 January 1961, and renamed Brage (N 49).; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1961. Scrapped in 1978. Triumph was awarded six battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 3"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion General Motors diesels, 2,070shp, two shafts.
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Triumph 108k Seen as Brage (N 49) underway, 6 March 1961 soon after her transfer to Norway.
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