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MSC-145
ex-AMS-145


AMS-145 was built for Portugal
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down in 1954 as AMS-145 by Stowman Shipyards, Inc., Dorchester, NJ
  • Completed 26 April 1954 and transferred to Portugal as NRP Velas (M 140)
  • Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-145, 7 February 1955
  • Scrapped in 1976.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 8' 3"
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 39
  • Armament: One 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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    AMS-145
    MSC-145 98k Alex deGlavina
    Maurice River Township Heritage Society
    NRP Velas (M 140)
    MSC-145 104k Namesake: Velas is a municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores Tommy Trampp
    Photo added 24 June 2020
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