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AM / MSO-508 Acme

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Acme Class Minesweeper: Lead ship of the Acme Class Minesweepers; Laid down as AM-508,16 November 1954 at Frank L. Sample Inc., Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Redesignated MSO-508, 7 February 1955; Launched, 23 June 1955; Commissioned USS Acme (MSO-508), 4 March 1957; Decommissioned, 6 November 1970 at Naval Inactive Ship Facility Long Beach, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 May 1976; Sold for scrapping, 6 January 1977 by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service to Oskco Edwards, Capistrano Beach, CA. for $30,000. Acme received two battle stars for her Vietnam service.

Specifications: Displacement 633 t.(lt) , 750 t.(fl); Length 173'; Beam 36'; Draft 14'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 8 Officers, 70 Enlisted; Armament one 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, four General Motors diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.
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Acme 61k - Dick Lewis
102 Minesweepers web site
Courtesy Bill Rouleau
Acme 104k - Dick Lewis
102 Minesweepers web site
Courtesy Bill Rouleau

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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