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MSC-132
ex-AMS-132


MSC-132 was built for Norway.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as AMS-132 by the Hiltebrant Drydock Co., Kingston, NY
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-132, 7 February 1955
  • Completed 14 November 1955 and transferred to Norway as Sira (M 312)
  • Decommissioned 23 May 1986
  • Scrapped in August 1992.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 362 t.
  • Length 144' 3"
  • Beam 27' 2"
  • Draft 12'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: One twin 20-mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    MSC-132 254k 17 August 1973
    Amsterdam, Holland
    The Norwegian training ship KNM Haakon VII (A 537), ex-Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) with two Norwegian coastal minesweepers, KNM Sira (M 312), ex-MSC-132, center and KNM Kvina (M 332) alongside
    National Archive photo, The Hague, Netherlands    		 Robert Hurst
    Photo added 16 March 2022
    MSC-132 78k c. 1979 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-132
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