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List Of Admirable-class Minesweepers
See ''Admirable''-class minesweeper. List of Admirable class ships * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * USS ''Embroil'' (AM-227) (canceled) * USS ''Enhance'' (AM-228) (canceled) * USS ''Equity'' (AM-229) (canceled) * USS ''Esteem'' (AM-230) (canceled) * USS ''Event'' (AM-231) (canceled) * * * * * USS ''Flame'' (AM-236) (canceled) * USS ''Fortify'' (AM-237) (canceled) * * * * * * USS ''Illusive'' (AM-243) (canceled) * USS ''Imbue'' (AM-244) (canceled) * USS ''Impervious'' (AM-245) (canceled) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * USS ''Project'' (AM–278) * * * * * * * * * * * * USS ''Reproof'' (AM-290) (canceled) * USS ''Risk'' (AM-291) (canceled) * USS ''Rival'' (AM-292) (canceled) * USS ''Sagacity'' (AM-293) (canceled) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * USS ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admirable Class Minesweeper
The ''Admirable'' class was one of the largest and most successful classes of minesweepers ordered by the United States Navy during World War II. Typically, minesweepers detected and removed naval mines before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties with rear-mounted depth charge racks and a forward-firing Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar. Their job was essential to the safety and success of U.S. naval operations during World War II and the Korean War. These minesweepers were also employed as patrol vessel and convoy escorts. The of patrol craft escorts was based on the ''Admirable''-class design. Service in other Navies As a part of Project Hula – a secret 1945 program that transferred 149 U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan – the U.S. Navy transferred 24 ''Admirable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Project (AM–278)
USS ''Project'' (AM–278) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was decommissioned in 1947 after wartime service and transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1948 where she served under the name RPS ''Samar'' (M-33). She was stricken from the Philippine Navy in 1960; beyond that, her fate is not reported in secondary sources. Career ''Project'' was laid down 1 July 1943 by Gulf Ship Building Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 20 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Irene D. Jenkins; and commissioned 22 August 1944. ''Project'' departed U.S. Naval Repair Station, Algiers, Louisiana, 7 September for Little Creek, Virginia. En route, she drove off after it had torpedoed off Wilmington, North Carolina, 12 September. Later operations for the minesweeper ranged from Portland, Maine, where she trained with friendly submarines in October, to Cape Charles, Virginia, where she planted small mines, to Port Royal, Bermuda, to which she escorted Keawah and in Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Ships Of The United States Navy
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Admirable-class Minesweepers
The ''Admirable'' class was one of the largest and most successful classes of minesweepers ordered by the United States Navy during World War II. Typically, minesweepers detected and removed naval mines before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties with rear-mounted depth charge racks and a forward-firing Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar. Their job was essential to the safety and success of U.S. naval operations during World War II and the Korean War. These minesweepers were also employed as patrol vessel and convoy escorts. The of patrol craft escorts was based on the ''Admirable''-class design. Service in other Navies As a part of Project Hula – a secret 1945 program that transferred 149 U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan – the U.S. Navy transferred 24 ''Admirable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
