USS MSC 257 was ordered as an AM-218 class motor minesweeper but the classification changed 7 February 1955 to MSC-218 class coastal

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before construction. She was transferred to

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and performed her service there as ''Guldborgsund'' (M 575).

Description

Construction

Laid down on 17 August 1955 by Stephens Brothers, Inc., Stockton, California, she was launched 17 March 1956. She was christened at Stockton, on 2 April 1956 by Mrs. Arthur C. Bullen Jr., formerly of

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, California, on the tenth anniversary of her marriage to Cmdr. Bullen, senior assistant in the office of the supervisor of shipbuilding, 12th Naval District,

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.Staff, "Navy Ship Christened By Former Resident", ''San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 4 April 1956, Volume LXII, Number 186, page 14. MSC-257 was transferred to

upon completion and was commissioned on 19 November 1956 as ''Guldborgsund'' (M 575).

Operational history

Fate

''Guldborgsund'' was decommissioned 1 May 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MSC-257, USS 1956 ships Ships built in Stockton, California Royal Danish Navy Military of Denmark Mine warfare vessels of the Royal Danish Navy