Keywords: Portugese minesweeper NRP Pico (M416) under construction c1953.jpg The Portugese minesweeper NRP Pico M 416 under construction at Bellingham Shipyards Company Bellingham Washington USA circa in 1953 Pico was laid down with the U S Navy designation AM-479 later MSO-479 on 1 October 1953 and was launched on 22 June 1954 The ship was transferred to Portugal upon completion on 1 June 1955 She was decommissioned on 12 August 1974 and transferred to Belgium for spare parts and was finally scrapped on 2011 6933420 ca 1953 U S Navy Bureau of Ships PD-USGov NRP Pico M 416 Bellingham Shipyards Company Washington state |