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Spoonbill (AMS / MSC 202)


Spoonbill served the Navies of the United States and Spain.



Call sign for Duero (M 28):
Echo - Bravo - Juliet - Bravo



Bluebird Class Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 2 November 1953 as AMS-202 by the Tampa Marine Co., Tampa, FL; Launched, 3 August 1954; Reclassified MSC-202, 7 February 1955; Commissioned USS Spoonbill (MSC 202), 14 June 1955; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 16 June 1959 and transferred to Spain; Renamed Duero (M 28); Reclassified M-23, 1980; Struck from the Spanish Navy List, 16 December 1999. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 335 t.; Length 144'; Beam 28'; Draft 8' 4"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 39; Armament two 20mm; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, 880shp, two shafts.
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Duero 42k Duero (M 23). 27 April 1986. Fabio Peña
Duero 76k Duero at Mahón, Balearic Islands, Menorca, Spain. 30 August 1988. Ignacio López
Duero 109k 6 December 1988. Duero (M 23)alongside Ebro (M 22) ex-M-26, ex-US MSC-269. Both are at "dress ship" for Spanish Constitution Day. Fabio Peña

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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
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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