Campaigns & Battles

 Navy News

 Photo Albums

 Historical Time Lines

 The Flag

 The Ships

4Today's Navy

4Ships - alphabetical

4Fleet Listings - time

4Fleet Listings - types

4Ships by Class

4Ships Data Sheets

4Definitions

 Naval Aviation

 Weapons & Systems

 Wardroom

 Naval Memorials

 Navy Life & Humour

 Who does What?

Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

Photo Album

Crest

Classification

Type:

Minesweeper, later Mine hunter

Class:

SUND Class

Other Ships
in Class:

M571 AARØSUND
M572 ALSSUND
M573 EGERNSUND
M574 GRØNSUND
M575 GULDBORGSUND
M577 ULVSUND
M578 VILSUND

Specifications

Built by:

Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham, USA

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

March 1, 1955

Launched:

July 30, 1955

Commissioned:

June 21, 1956

Decommissioned:

March 1, 1982

Pennant Number:

M576 - ex. MSC-221, ex. AMS-221

Int'l Call Sign:

OVEY

Displacement:

375 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

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

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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