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U.S.S. SPOONBILL

(MSC-202)


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MSC-202 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1953-Keel Date: 2 NOV 1953
at Tampa Marine
AUG1954-Launch Date: 3 AUG 1954
JUN1955-Commissioned: 14 JUN 1955
JUN1959-Decommissioned: 16 JUN 1959

MSC-202 General Specifications

Class: Bluebird-class minesweeper

Complement: 39 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 335 tons

Length: 144 feet

Beam: 28 feet

Draft: 8 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Transferred to the Spanish Navy 1 July 1959