LADYA (633) class

 2 LADYA-class COASTAL MINESWEEPERS (MSC)
      (ex-U.S. ALBATROSS class)

 Name         Pendant    Completed        Status

 BANGKEO      612        July 9, 1965     Active
   (ex-U.S. MSC-)
 DON CHEDI    613        Sept. 17, 1965   Active
   (ex-U.S. MSC-313)

These minesweepers are the survivors of four ships built in the United States specifically for transfer to Thailand under the U.S. Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). Both ships were in reserve in the 1980s, but...