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MSC-133
ex-AMS-133


MSC-133 was built for Italy.
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as AMS-133 by the Bellingham Shipyard Co., Bellingham, WA
  • Completed 30 March 1954, transferred to Italy and named Olmo (M 5512)
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-133, 7 February 1955
  • Scrapped in 1980.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 362 t.
  • Length 144' 3"
  • Beam 27' 2"
  • Draft 12'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 40
  • Armament: One twin 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    MSC-133 133k c. 1954
    Panama Canal
    Pino (M 5514) ex-AMS-134 and Olmo still wearing their U.S. Navy hull number transit the canal astern of two French
    Motor Minesweepers.
    Photo courtesy of Raymond Stephan    		 André Pilon
    MSC-133 486k 28 September 1978
    La Spezia, Italy    		 Carlo Martinelli
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-133
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