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MSC-100
ex-AMS-100


Courtesy of Arie van Mazijk



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Bravo - Juliet


MSC-100 was built for The Netherlands.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 29 February 1952 as AMS-100 by the Tampa Marine Co., Tampa, FL
  • Launched 12 March 1953
  • Transferred to The Netherlands and commissioned Breukelen (M 852), 14 February 1954
  • Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-100, 7 February 1955
  • Placed out of service 31 December 1971
  • Returned to U.S. custody in 1972
  • Struck from the Naval Register 18 September 1972
  • Sold for scrap 17 January 1974 to Pounds Marine Shipping, Havant, United Kingdom.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: One twin 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two 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-100
    Brummen 137k 12 March 1953
    Tampa, FL
    Launching
    Ships sponsor, Miss Cathy C. McDonough    		 Jim McGovern
    Photo added 23 April 2020
    Brummen 245k
    Breukelen (M 852)
    Brummen 87k 23 February 1954
    New Orleans, LA
    Brummen (M 851), ex-AMS-111 inboard of AMS-100. Officials on the quay at Algiers Naval Station for the official transfer to the Dutch Navy of AMS-111. AMS-100 was transferred the week before on 15 February 1954    		 Arie van Mazijk
    MSC-100 92k c. 1954
    Ponta Delgada, Azores
    AMS-100 (Breukelen), AMS-111 (Brummen), and AMS-168 (Bruinisse) en route to Holland along with three unidentified AMS'
    MSC-100 93k Arriving in The Netherlands Arie van Mazijk
    MSC-100 18k
    MSC-100 92k
    MSC-100 34k .
    MSC-100 93k
    MSC-100 83k Scheveningen, Holland
    MSC-100 80k .
    MSC-100 278k
    MSO-484 395k Leading a squadron of seven Adjutant/Beemster Class Coastal Minesweepers, with HRNLMS Borne (M 850) to starboard and Breukelen to port
    MSC-100 75k 25 July - 22 August 1958
    Mediterranean Sea
    Moored inboard of the Royal Yacht Groene Draak (Green Dragon) and an unidentified vessel
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-100
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