NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

MSC-72
ex-AMS-72
ex-Dotterel (AMS 72)

AMS-72 was built for Italy

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Specifications: Displacement 405 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 40; Armament, two twin 20-mm; Propulsion General Motors diesels, two shafts.

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USS Dotterel (AMS-72)
110507222	951k	PRINCIPALS IN THE LAUNCHING of the USS Dotterel (AMS-72), 17 April at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, were Henry C. Burger, President of the Burger Boat Company, builder of the Dotterel, and Mrs. Florine P. Old, sponsor. Burger is presenting Mrs. Old with the bottle of domestic champagne with which she launched the ship.		Photo courtesy of Ron Cleveringa, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Burger Boat Company
110507211	603k	Dotterel's Sponsor, Mrs. Florine P. Old, with flowers prior to her launching 17 April 1952.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933868 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507212	426k	Launching party of the Dotterel & Sponsor Mrs. Florine P. Old, (with flowers) appear prior to her launching 17 April 1952. Her husband, Admiral Frances Paxton Old & Henry C. Burger, President of the Burger Boat Company, appear in the left corner of the photo. My guess is that the two ladies next to Henry C. Burger are Admiral & Mrs. Old's daughters, Mrs. Beverley Robie and Mrs. Claudia Chandler. Her husband served as commandant of the 9th Naval District and later as executive director of the Illinois Toll Road Commission. He commanded the battleship Indiana (BB-58) during World War II.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933869 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507213	2.40k	Mrs. Florine P. Old christens Dotterel's bow with bubbly 17 April 1952.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933870 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507214	909k	Dotterel's Data plate.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933871 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
USS (AMS-72)
110507215	2.79k	AMS-72 Chief Petty Officers quarters, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933884 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507216	551k	AMS-72 Galley, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933886 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507200	2.91k	The Reel thing! Minesweeping reel of AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933894 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507221	2.81k	Crew quarters aboard AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933901 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507202	2.81k	Crew quarters aboard AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933895 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507219	622k	Anchor handling and stowage, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933917 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507220	683k	AMS-72 Gun, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933898 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507205	564k	Pilothouse, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933908 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507206	697k	Boathandling & storage, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933887 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507207	733k	After machinery room, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933912 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507208	738k	Minesweeper Mast. AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933897 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507209	678k	Steering gear room, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933914 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507210	685k	Forward machinery room, AMS-72, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933923 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507217	587k	AMS-72 Crew & CPO Mess room, 22 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933904 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507218	3.36k	AMS-72 Slow speed, bow on. 29 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier:6933872 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507203	627k	AMS-72 at Halfspeed 1/4 bow, 29 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933877 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507201	2.97k	AMS-72 at Full speed, quarter stern, 29 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933883 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507204	521k	Ship's office, AMS-72, 29 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933926 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
110507223	2.87k	AMS-72 at Half speed, 1/8 stern, 29 June 1953.		Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels National Archives Identifier: 6933880 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov

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