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MSC-146
ex-AMS-146


AMS-146 was built for Portugal
Adjutant Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as AMS-146 by Stowman Shipyards, Inc., Dorchester, NJ
  • Completed 13 August 1954, transferred to Portugal and named Lajes (M 141)
  • Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-146, 7 February 1955
  • Scrapped in 1975.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 405 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 8' 3"
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 39
  • Armament: One 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    MSC-146 82k Namesake: Lajes is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores Tommy Trampp
    Photo added 26 June 2020
    MSC-146 97k c. 1969
    Portuguese Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS History currently available for MSC-146
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