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AMS / MSC-130

AMS-130 was built for Spain.

Turia (M 27) call sign:
Echo - Bravo - India - November
Bluebird Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-130 by the Hiltebrant Drydock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 14 July 1954; Completed, 18 May 1955; U. S. Navy reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-130, 7 February 1955; Transferred to Spain as Turia (M 27), 1 June 1955; Reclassified as a Patrol Craft PVZ-54, 1980; Reclassieied P-54, 1986; Stuck, 1993; Sunk as an artificial reef off La Manga del Mar Menor, 2 August 1999.
Specifications: Displacement 362 t.; Length 144' 3"; Beam 27' 2"; Draft 12'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 40; Armament, one twin 20-mm; Propulsion 600shp Packard diesel engines, two shafts.
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