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AMS / MSC-63


AMS-63 served the Navies of Belgium and the Republic of China.

Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as AMS-63 by Henry B. Nevins Inc., City Island, NY; Launched, (date unknown); Completed, 22 July 1953 and transferred to Belgium as Lier (M 912); Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-63, 7 February 1955; Returned to U. S. Navy custody, 1969; Transferred to the Republic of China, (date unknown) and renamed Yung Shan (M 165), (date unknown); Struck, 1995. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament two 20mm; Propulsion two 450 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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AMS-63 61k Mrs. Nevins christening the vessel.
Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum
Tom Nye
AMS-63 74k Mrs. Nevins christening the vessel.
Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum
Tom Nye
AMS-63 85k Down the ways.
Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum
Tom Nye
AMS-63 65k Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum Tom Nye

There is no DANFS History currently available for MSC-63 at 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
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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