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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive



MSC built in France.
AMS-172 Class Motor Minesweeper:

Specifications: Displacement 375 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 8' 3"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 39; Armament one 20mm; Propulsion 880 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

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Minesweeper Ceremony
11WHoAMI		 1.17k Flag raising ceremony aboard the Scarabee at Brest, circa 1953.
This vessel does not appear in any list that I have found so far.		 Photo from Record Group 286: Records of the Agency for International Development.
Series: Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel.
National Archives Identifier: 19989293
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Minesweeper Ceremony
11WHoAMIa		 278k Flag raising ceremony aboard the Scarabee at Brest, circa 1953. Photo courtesy of nara.getarchive.net
Minesweeper Ceremony
11WHoAMIb		 1.09k Broadside view dockside at Brest, circa 1953. Photo from Record Group 286: Records of the Agency for International Development.
Series: Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel.
National Archives Identifier: 19989267
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
There is no DANFS History currently available for MSC.
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