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MSO-484
ex-AM-484


Courtesy of Arie van Mazijk



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Xray - Tango


AM-484 was built for the Netherlands
AM-480 Class Fleet Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 27 February 1952 as AM-484 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI
  • Launched 2 May 1953
  • Completed 12 August 1955
  • Transferred to the Netherlands and commissioned HRNLMS Onvermoeid (M 887), 23 September 1954
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-484, 7 February 1955
  • Reclassified A-857 in August 1965
  • Placed out of service 1 October 1971
  • Struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1972
  • Scrapped 8 January 1975 by Ross and Sons of Girvan, Ayrshire, 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: Two 800shp General Motors diesel enginess, two shafts.
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    AM-484
    AM-484 55k Minesweeper hulls AM-483, 484, 485 for the Netherlands in the background. In the foreground is the last American-made side-wheeler still afloat in the U.S. and used as a floating warehouse. Restored and now serves as a museum in Sandusky, Ohio
    Photo courtesy Peterson Builders    		 Mercuur Museum Website
    HRNLMS Onvermoeid (M 887)
    MSO-484 64k 30 April 1955
    Ponta Delgada, Azores
    Brouwershaven (M 858), ex-MSC-150, Onvermoeid and Onverdroten (M 889), ex-MSO-485 in dress ship for Queen's Day still wearing their U.S. Navy hull numbers    		 Arie van Mazijk
    HRNLMS Onvermoeid (A 857)
    MSO-484 168k HRNLMS Vos (F 820), ex-PCE-1606, HRNLMS Panter (F 821), ex-PCE-1608 and Onvermoeid passing the light cruiser de Ruyter (C 801) to port Pieter Bakels
    MSO-484 77k . Arie van Mazijk
    MSO-484 98k
    MSO-484 96k
    MSO-484 395k Leading a squadron of seven Adjutant/Beemster Class Coastal Minesweepers, with HRNLMS Borne (M 850) to starboard and HRNLMS Breukelen (M 852) to port
    MSO-484 386k Leading a squadron of five Adjutant/Beemster Class Coastal Minesweepers
    MSO-484 71k .
    MSO-485 107k Undated post card showing Onvermoeid, Onbevreesd (A 855) and Onverdroten (A 859) laid up in the Reserve Fleet
    There is no DANFS history available for MSO-484
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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