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MSC-182
ex-AMS-182


Courtesy of Arie van Mazijk



Call sign:
Papa - Alpha - Whiskey - Kilo


MSC-182 was built in The Netherlands.
MSC-172 Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 10 August 1954 as AMS-182 by Haarlemse Scheepsbouwd Maatschappij, Haarlem, The Netherlands under the off-shore procurement plan of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) and based on the
    design of the British "Ton" Class Coastal Minesweeper
  • Reclassified by U. S. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-182, 7 February 1955
  • Launched 28 November 1956
  • Completed 10 March 1957
  • Commissioned Woerden (M 820), 24 April 1957
  • Converted to a Diving Ship in 1962
  • Placed out of service in 1990
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1991 and sold to the Curacao Sea Aquarium in Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 417 t.
  • Length 149' 8"
  • Beam 28'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 16 kts.
  • Complement 33
    Wartime 38
  • Armament: Two 40mm mounts
  • Propulsion: Two 625shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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    MSC-182 56k 24 April 1957
    Being placed in commission
    Because Woerden was the last ship that was built with U.S. funds under the MDAP she was commissioned USS Woerden (MSC 182) for a few minutes (not offically). Then the American flag was lowered and she was commissioned Woerden (M 820).    		 Arie van Mazijk
    MSC-182 107k 24 April 1957
    Being placed in commission
    MSC-182 73k 24 April 1957
    Dignitaries acending from the bridge
    MSC-182 57k . .
    MSC-182 56k . Arie van Mazijk
    MSC-182 66k
    MSC-182 85k
    MSC-182 77k
    MSC-182 80k Forward of Veere (M 842), ex-MSC-188
    MSC-182 81k .
    MSC-182 63k Curacao Sea Aquarium, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
    MSC-182 26k
    There is no DANFS history available for MSC-182
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