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AMS / MSC-266


AMS-266 was built for Spain.



Ulla call sign:
Echo - Bravo - India - Yankee



AMS-218 Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as AMS-266 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, MA; Reclassified MSC-266, 7 February 1955; Launched, (date unknown); Completed, 9 October 1956 and transferred to Spain as Mino (M 25); Reclassified M-28; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 375 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 8' 3"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 39; Armament, one twin 20-mm; Propulsion General Motors 880shp diesels, two shafts.
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Mino 42k Mino (M 28)
Spanish Navy Photo
Spanish Navy

There is no DANFS history available for AMS / MSC-266.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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