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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

MSO-482
ex-AM-482

Courtesy of Arie van Mazijk

Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Sierra - Uniform

AM-482 was built for the Netherlands

AM-480 Class Fleet Minesweeper:

Laid down 11 April 1952 as AM-482 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR

Launched 6 March 1954

Sponsored by Mrs. W. J. Peterson

Completed 18 January 1955

Transferred to the Netherlands 31 January 1955 and named Onvervaard (M 888)

Reclassified by U. S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-482, 7 February 1955

Reclassified A-858 in August 1965

Sold for scrap 14 November 1984 to Deans Marine Ltd. of Sheerness, United Kingdom.

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: General Motors 1,600shp diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Onvervaard (M 888)
	131k	c. 1955 Flying the Dutch flag but still wearing her U.S. Navy hull number	Arie van Mazijk
	47k	1 February 1956 Den Helder, Holland Moored forward of Onverdroten (M 889), ex-MSO-485
	57k	1 February 1956 Den Helder, Holland
	232k	.	Pieter Bakels
Onvervaard (A 858)
	72k	.	Arie van Mazijk
	67k
	72k
	52k	Photographed from a Dutch P2V Neptune anti-submarine patrol plane
	99k	c. 1966	Robert Hurst
	62k	Original photo: c. 1969 Royal Netherlands Navy photo from the 1969/1970 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships	Original photo: Robert Hurst Replacement photo: Arie van Mazijk
Onvervaard
	48k	Under tow to Deans Marine, Ltd. for scrapping	Arie van Mazijk
	52k
	83k
	61k