USS MSC-257

History
United States
Name	USS MSC-257 / Guldborgsund (M 575)
Namesake	strait of Guldborgsund
Builder	Stephens Brothers, Inc., Stockton, California
Laid down	17 August 1955
Launched	17 March 1956
Sponsored by	Mrs. Betty Bullen
Completed	11 November 1956, transferred to Denmark
Commissioned	19 November 1956, sa Guldborgsund (M 575)[1]
Decommissioned	1 May 1993
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	AM-218 / MSC-218 class motor minesweeper
Displacement	375 tons
Length	144 feet
Beam	27 feet
Draft	8 feet, 3 inches
Installed power	Two General Motors diesel engines
Propulsion	Two shafts
Speed	14 kts.
Complement	39
Armament	Two 20 mm mounts, replaced by one 40 mm mount in 1965

USS MSC 257 was ordered as an AM-218 class motor minesweeper but the classification changed 7 February 1955 to MSC-218 class coastal minesweeper before construction. She was transferred to Denmark and performed her service there as Guldborgsund (M 575).[2]

Description

This was a minesweeping vessel that served in the Royal Danish Navy from 1956 to 1993.[3]

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 San Bernardino, California, on the tenth anniversary of her marriage to Cmdr. Bullen, senior assistant in the office of the supervisor of shipbuilding, 12th Naval District, San Francisco.[4]

MSC-257 was transferred to Denmark upon completion and was commissioned on 19 November 1956 as Guldborgsund (M 575).[3]

Operational history

Fate

Guldborgsund was decommissioned 1 May 1993.[3]

References

1. "MSC-257".
2. http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/05257.htmM ^[dead link‍]
3. "MSC-257". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
4. Staff, "Navy Ship Christened By Former Resident", San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 4 April 1956, Volume LXII, Number 186, page 14.