Keywords: French minesweeper Bir Hakeim (M614) (MSO-451) under construction c1953.jpg The Agile-class minesweeper MSO-451 under construction at Bellingham Shipyards Company Bellingham Washington USA The ship received the U S Navy designation AM-541 later MSO-451 and was completed on 24 February 1954 However the minesweeper had been built for France and was transferred to the Marine Nationale on 16 March 1954 and named Bir Hakeim M 614 The ship served until 4 September 1970 when she was transferred to Uruguay and renamed Maldanado MS 33 MSO-451 was finally struck in 1979 and scrapped 6933052 ca 1953 U S Navy Bureau of Ships PD-USGov M614 Bir Hakeim ship 1953 |