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MSO-450
ex-AM-450


AM-450 was built for France
AM-450 Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 16 January 1952 as AM-450 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA
  • Launched 15 October 1952
  • Completed 23 December 1953
  • Transferred to France 19 January 1954 and named Berneval (M 613)
  • Reclassified by U.S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-450, 7 February 1955
  • Struck from the Navy Register in 1987
  • Scrapped at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 750 t.
  • Length 171'
  • Beam 35'
  • Draft 10' 4"
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 39
  • Armament: One 40mm mount and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    M-613 122k c. 1964
    Photo by Stefan Terzibaschitsch from Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    MSO-450 95k 28 May 1982
    MSO-450 179k c. 1983
    Berneval and Baccarat (M 623), ex-MSO-505 underway
    There is no DANFS history available for MSO-450
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