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AMS / MSC-171


AMS-171 was built for Belgium and transferred to Greece.




Niovi (M 254) call sign:
Sierra - Zulu - Alpha - Zulu



Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 March 1953 as AMS-171 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; Launched, 1 July 1954; Completed, 11 August 1954 and transferred to Belgium as Laroche (M 924); U. S. Navy reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-171, 7 February 1955; Returned to U. S. Navy custody and transferred to Greece, 1969; Renamed Niovi (M 254); Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament, two twin 20-mm; Propulsion two 900 hp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.
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AMS-171 67k AMS-171 launching ceremony
Courtesy of the City Island Nautical Museum
Tom Nye
AMS-171 68k AMS-171 after launching
Courtesy of the City Island Nautical Museum
Tom Nye

There is no DANFS history available for AMS-171.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Association of Minemen

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