Soviet minesweeper T-120
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T-120 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War. She had originally been built as USS Assail (AM-147), 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-120; she was never returned to the United States. T-120 was sunk by U-739 in the Kara Sea in September 1944. 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 Assail (AMc-123) |
Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
Reclassified | AM-147, 21 February 1942 |
Laid down | 1 November 1942 |
Launched | 27 December 1942 |
Completed | 5 October 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to the USSR, 5 October 1943 |
Reclassified | MSF-147, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 January 1983 |
History | |
Soviet Union | |
Name | T-120 |
Acquired | 5 October 1943 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 24 September 1944 |
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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