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Vireo (AMS / MSC-205)


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Vireo served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of Fiji.

Redwing Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 September 1953 as AMS-205 by the Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham, WA; Launched, 30 April 1954; Redesignated a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-205, 7 February 1955; Commissioned USS Vireo (MSC 205), 7 June 1955 at Tacoma, WA; Decommissioned, 1 October 1970 at Long Beach, CA and placed "in service" as a Naval Reserve Training Ship at Seattle, WA; Placed "out of service," 1 April 1975; Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1975; Transferred to the Republic of Fiji, 1 October 1975 and renamed Kula (MSC 205); Discarded, 1985. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 412 t.; Length 145'; Beam 28'; Draft 12'; Speed 12.8 kts; Complement 40; Armament one single 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, one 81mm mortar; Propulsion two 880 shp General Motors diesel engines,
two shafts.
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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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