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本帖最后由 Alex上校 于 2010-12-20 01:39 编辑
USS Caravan (AM-157) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease as T-597. The Soviets scrapped T-597, probably in 1956, never having returned her to U.S. custody. 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.
Career
Caravan was launched 27 October 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon, and commissioned 21 January 1944, Lieutenant C. E. Walden, USNR, in command.
Caravan stood out of San Francisco, California, 25 March 1944, bound for Pearl Harbor, Majuro, and Eniwetok. The minesweeper arrived at Eniwetok on 25 April to operate on patrol, lifeguard for aviators downed in carrier strikes, and convoy escort. Her escort duties took her throughout the Marianas, and in September she was based at Guam. Riding out a severe typhoon en route, Caravan sailed to Ulithi in October, to begin operations in the Palaus as well as the Marianas.
Caravan's effective support of fleet operations ended in May 1945, when she reported at Portland, Oregon for overhaul. In July she arrived at Cold Bay, Alaska, to train a Soviet crew, and on 16 August 1945, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease as T-597. The Soviets scrapped T-597, probably in 1956, never having returned her to U.S. Navy custody.
Unaware of the ship's fate, the U.S. Navy reclassified her as MSF-157 on 7 February 1955, and kept her on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was stricken on 1 January 1983.
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