USS Alarm (AM-140)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Alarm |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 8 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1942 |
| Completed: | 5 August 1943 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-140, 7 February 1955 BSH-EYA, 8 October 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the USSR, 5 August 1943 |
| Career (USSR) |  |
| Name: | T-113 |
| Acquired: | 10 July 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 14 March 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.2 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Alarm.
USS Alarm (AM-140) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and was given to the Soviets under the lend-lease program.
She was laid down on 8 June 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Lynch; and completed on 5 August 1943.
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[edit] Transfer to the Soviet Union
On the same day, she was transferred to the Soviet Navy under the lend-lease program and served them as T-113.
[edit] Disposition
Never returned by the Soviets, Alarm was carried on the American Navy List as MSF-140 after 7 February 1955 until 1 January 1983 when her name was struck.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Alarm (MSF 140) - ex-AM-140 - ex-AMc-117
