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MIRTO (A-5306) class

Country of Origin: Italy

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ship list


 0 MIRTO-class SURVEY SHIPS (AGS) (ex-U.S. ADJUTANT class)

 Name          Pendant    Commissioned     Status
 MIRTO         A-5306     Aug. 4, 1956     Stricken
   (ex-Italian M-5539)
 PIOPPO        A-5307     July 30, 1954    Stricken
   (ex-Italian M-5515; ex-U.S. MSC-135)

description

Former coastal minesweepers (MSC). Superstructure enlarged and stack raised when converted to AGSs. Both were replaced by the two new units in the ARETUSA (A-5304) class.

As minesweepers, these and...

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