Adjutant-class minesweeper

Class overview
Name	Adjutant class
Operators	Various navies
Preceded by	YMS-1-class minesweeper
Succeeded by	Bluebird class minesweeper
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	405 long tons (411 t)
Length	144 ft (44 m) o/a
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	40
Armament	2 × twin 20 mm guns

The Adjutant class minesweepers were built by the United States in the early 1950s, then loaned to foreign countries under the Military Defense Assistance Pact. Initially classified as motor minesweepers (AMS), in February 1955, they were reclassified as coastal minesweepers (MSC).