Soviet minesweeper T-119
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T-119 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War. She had originally been built as USS Aspire (AM-146), an Admirable-class minesweeper, for the United States Navy during World War II, but never saw active service in the U.S. Navy. Upon completion she was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease as T-119; she was never returned to the United States. The ship was renamed several times in Soviet service and was scrapped on 4 November 1966. Because of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983.
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United States | |
Name | USS Aspire (AMc-122) |
Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
Reclassified | AM-146, 21 February 1942 |
Laid down | 1 November 1942 |
Launched | 27 December 1942 |
Completed | 29 September 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 29 September 1943 |
Reclassified | MSF-146, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 January 1983 |
History | |
Soviet Union | |
Name | T-119 |
Acquired | 29 September 1943 |
Renamed | TB-24, 11 July 1956 |
Renamed | VTR-YYAO, 8 June 1966 |
Fate | Scrapped, 4 November 1966 |
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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