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VILSUND (1956-1995)
(In English: n/a)

Minesweeper VILSUND

Minesweeper VILSUND.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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Classification

Type:

Minesweeper

Class:

SUND Class

Other Ships
in Class:

M571 AARØSUND
M572
ALSSUND
M573
EGERNSUND
M574
GRØNSUND
M575
GULDBORGSUND
M576
OMØSUND
M577
ULVSUND

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Specifications

Built by:

Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, California

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

August 12, 1954

Launched:

March 10, 1956

Commissioned:

November 15, 1956

Decommissioned:

December 1, 1995

Pennant Number:

M578 - ex. MSC-264, ex. AMS-264

Int'l Call Sign:

OVEZ

Displacement:

375 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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43.92 m

8.29 m

2.50 m

Complement:

33-37 men (4 officers and 29-33 ratings)

Propulsion:

2 ea General Motors Diesel Engines 8-268A 900 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

3,600 nautical miles at 7 knots

Armament:

2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (1x2)

After around 1965:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa

Speed:

13.5 knots

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Notes

None

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Sources:

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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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