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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Advance (MSO-510) |
| Laid down | 28 June 1955 |
| Launched | 12 July 1956 |
| Commissioned | 16 June 1958 |
| Decommissioned | December 1970 |
| Stricken | 15 May 1976 |
| Homeport | Long Beach, California |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 6 January 1977 to Oskco Edwards of Capistrano Beach, CA for $40,010 |
| Notes | burned to the waterline 23 November 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acme-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 750 long tons (760 t) |
| Length | 173 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | Four 570shp Packard diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Complement | 78 |
| Armament | one 40 mm gun mount, two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns |
USS Advance (AM-510/MSO-510) was an Acme-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.
The sixth ship to be named Advance by the Navy, MSO-510 was laid down on 28 June 1955 at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, by Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc.; launched on 12 July 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Allen H. Sturges; and commissioned on 16 June 1958.