USS Mirth (AM-265)
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USS Mirth (AM-265) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1945. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Union and served in the Soviet Navy after that as T-277. The Soviets converted her into a naval trawler in 1948[citation needed] and renamed her Musson.[citation needed]
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United States | |
Name | USS Mirth (AM-265) |
Builder | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 31 July 1943 |
Launched | 24 December 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. B. E. Gathercoal |
Commissioned | 12 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1945[1] |
Fate | Transferred to Soviet Union, 21 May 1945 |
Reclassified | MSF-265, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 January 1983[citation needed] |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | T-277[2] |
Acquired | 21 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 21 May 1945[1] |
Refit | Converted to naval trawler, 1948[citation needed] |
Renamed | Musson, 1948[citation needed] |
Fate | Scrapped 1960[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 650 tons |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
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