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MSO-452
ex-AM-452

Garagliano call sign:
Foxtrot - Alpha - Sierra - Lima

AM-452 was built for France

AM-450 Class Fleet Minesweeper:

Laid down 15 August 1952 as AM-452 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA

Launched 20 August 1953

Completed 29 April 1954

Transferred to France and named Garigliano (M 617), 19 May 1954

Reclassified by U.S. Navy as an Ocean Minesweeper MSO-452, 7 February 1955

Struck from the Naval Register in 1988

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 750 t.

Length 171'

Beam 35'

Draft 10' 4"

Speed 15 kts.

Complement 39

Armament: One 40mm mount and two .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: Two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
M-617	59k	Garigliano outboard of Cantho (M 615), ex-MSO-476 Photo by Marine Nationale	Robert Hurst
M-617	90k	Approaching a dummy mine during an exercise Photo by Marine Nationale
M-617	34k	Photo by Marine Nationale
MSO-452	50k	Photo by Marine Nationale
MSO-452	59k	Photo by Marius Bar, Toulon, France
M-617	67k	c. December 1974 Photo by Wright and Logan	.
MSO-452	79k	c. 1984 Photo by Marine Nationale	Robert Hurst
MSO-452	433k	13 Ausust 1994 Toulon, France	Carlo Martinelli

There is no DANFS history available for MSO-452

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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