NAVYPEDIA

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Ulvsund 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Aarøsund	M571		Hiltebrandt, Kingston, USA	9/1952	19.11.1953	24.1.1955	stricken 3.1982
Alssund	M572		Hiltebrandt, Kingston, USA	24.9.1952	1.4.1954	5.4.1955	stricken 11.1989
Egernsund	M573		Hiltebrandt, Kingston, USA	10.4.1953	14.4.1954	3.8.1955	stricken 12.1989
Grønsund	M574	952	Stephens Bros, Stockton, USA	24.1.1955	12.8.1955	21.9.1956	stricken 1999
Guldborgsund	M575	953	Stephens Bros, Stockton, USA	17.8.1955	14.3.1956	19.11.1956	stricken 5.1993
Omøsund	M576		Bellingham SY, USA	1.3.1955	30.7.1955	21.6.1956	stricken 3.1982
Ulvsund	M577		Harbor BB, Terminal Island, USA	29.7.1954	22.12.1955	20.9.1956	stricken 12.1989
Vilsund	M578		Harbor BB, Terminal Island, USA	12.8.1954	10.3.1956	15.11.1956	stricken 12.1995

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	360
Displacement full, t	400
Length, m	42.1 wl 44.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Packard diesels
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	NWS-3 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	39

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Project history

NATO coastal minesweepers of MSC60 type.

Modernizations

1980s, all: - NWS-3 radar; + Terma Pilot radar

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.