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MSC-221
ex-AMS-221


MSC-221 was built for Denmark.



Omøsund call sign:
Oscar - Victor - Echo - Yankee
AMS-218 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 March 1955 as AMS-221 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA
  • Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-221, 7 February 1955
  • Launched 30 July 1955
  • Completed 23 May 1956, transferred to Denmark and named Omøsund (M 576)
  • Commissioned 21 June 1956
  • Decommissioned 1 March 1982
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 375 t.
  • Length 144'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 8' 3"
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 39
  • Armament: Two 20mm mounts, replaced by one 40mm mount in 1965
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    MS-221 70k c. 1956
    Outboard of Grønsund (M 574), ex-MSC-256
    Royal Danish Navy photo    		 Royal Danish Navy
    MS-221 191k c. 1966
    Royal Danish Navy photo from the 1967/1968 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    MSO-481 458k NATO minesweepers underway during a STANAVFORCHAN [Standing Naval Force - Channel] Exercise. Ships are from top to bottom: the Federal German Navy Duren (M 1079); the Netherlands Navy Abcoude (M 180); the Norwegian Navy Alssund (M 572), ex-MSC-128; the Belgian Navy De Brouwer (M 904), ex-MSO-499; the Netherlands Navy Onbevreesd (A 855), ex-MSO-481; HMS Kirkliston
    (M 1157)    ; the Omøsund; the Belgian Navy Koksijde (M 933) and the superstructure of HMS Bossington (M 1133)
    Royal Navy Museum photo from "Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy" by John Roberts
    There is no DANFS History currently available for MSC-221
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