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MSC-66
ex-AMS-66


AMS-66 served the Navies of France and Tunisia
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down in 1952 as AMS-66 by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, CA
  • Launched 12 April 1952
  • Completed 16 March 1953 and transferred to France as Aconite (M 640)
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-66, 7 February 1955
  • Renamed Marjolaine in 1966
  • Loaned to Tunisia in 1977 and renamed Sousse (M 640)
  • Scrapped in 1988.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: Two twin 20mm mounts
  • Propulsion: Two 880shp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    AMS-66
    AMS-66 105k 12 April 1952
    Harbor Boat Building Company, Treasure Island, CA
    AMS 66, first minesweeper to be launched from a Los Angeles harbor yard since World War II, just as she became waterborne    		 Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory)
    Aconite (M 640)
    MSC-66 76k
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-66
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