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Hr.Ms.Mercuur

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........Aggressive Class Minesweeper...........

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ex us agressive class

History .................................................. museum

ex us mso

As a result of the Korean war experience the United States undertook the construction of a new series of minesweepers on a large scale. During the decade of the 1950s sixty-five new minesweepers were built. These new minesweepers were designated Minesweeper, Ocean (non-magnetic (MSO). They consisted of three classes of ships: Agile/Aggressive, Hull numbers 421 to 507; Acme, hull numbers 508 to 518; and Ability, hull numbers 519 to 522. In contrast to the steel-hulled minesweepers of World War II, designated (AM) later (MSF) and still later (MSO(O), these new minesweepers were smaller and built primarily of wood , with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature. All of the 1950 era MSOs had UQS-1 mine-locating sonar, later updated with SQQ-14 sonar. MSOs were capable of sweeping for moored and bottom contact, magnetic and acoustic mines.

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Hr.ms.Mercuur is the only remaining Ocean Minesweeper of the U.S Navy in the Netherlands after the second Wold War,together with five sister ships, the Ocean Mine Sweeper assisted in the clean up of sea mines in the important waterways to the Dutch harbours.

These ships played a role in the rebuilding of the economy of the Netherlands

the boats

Hr.ms.Onversaagd ..........A854 ex M884 ex MSO480 ex AM 480

Hr.Ms.Onvervaard.... ..... A858 ex M888 exMSO482 ex AM 482

Hr.Ms.Onvermoeid A857 ex M887 ex MSO484 ex AM484

Hr.Ms.Onbevreesd A855 ex M885 ex MSO481 ex AM481

Hr.Ms.Onverdroten A859 ex M889 ex MSO485 ex AM485

Hr.Ms.Onverschrokken . A856 ex M886 ex MSO483 ex MA483

Hr.Ms.Onverschrokken
rebuilt as Hr.Ms.Mercuur torpedo-tender-workship subsupport

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museumship Hr.Ms.Mercuur Netherlands Maritiem Trust

Description

Ex-minesweeper, former naval support and staff ship named Onverschrokken.
22 Jul 1954: Commissioned to Royal Netherlands Navy.
27 Nov - 21 Dec 1954: Voyage USA to Netherlands..
1971: Rebuild into a Torpedo tender.
11 May 1973: renamed Mercuur (3).
12 Feb 1987: Decommissioned.
8 Apr 1993:: Arrived at Scheveningen.
24 Apr 1993: Museum vessel at Scheveningen