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MSC-153
ex-AMS-153


AMS-153 served the Navies of Belgium and Greece.



Antiopi call sign:
Sierra - Zulu - Alpha - Whiskey
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-153 by the Hodgdon Brothers Goudy and Stevens, East Boothbay, ME; Completed 31 March 1954 and transferred to Belgium as Herve (M 191); Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-153, 7 February 1955; Returned to U.S. Navy custody in 1969 and transferred to Greece as Antiopi (M 205); Struck from the Navy Register in 1995. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 375 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 8' 3"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 39; Armament one 20mm; Propulsion 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
(AMS-153)
AMS-153
110515300		 522k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 6 March 1953. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7572997
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153
110515301		 589k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 2 July 1953. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7572999
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153
110515303		 535k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 15 September 1953. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7573000
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153
110515302		 488k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 6 November 1953. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7573001
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153
110515304		 567k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 8 January 1954. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7573002
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153
110515305		 485k Progress photo, (AMS-153) at East Boothbay, Maine, 3 March 1954. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships
Series: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7573003
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
AMS-153 & PCE-1607 43k 20 May 1954
Sailors of Belgian Mine Sweeper Herve (M 191), (ex-AMS-153) and Netherlands HNLMS Wolf (F 817), (ex-PCE-1607) gather at garden at historic Williamsburg, VA. The group was undergoing training with the Fleet Training Group, Chesapeake Bay,
Norfolk, VA.
National Achives photo 80-G-640305		 Dan Treadwell
There is no DANFS History currently available for MSC-153.
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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