USS Fancy (AM-234)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Fancy |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 13 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 May 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-234, 7 February 1955 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 20 May 1945 |
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| Name: | T-271 |
| Acquired: | 20 May 1945 |
| Fate: | Unknown |
| 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 |
USS Fancy (AM-234) 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 transferred to the Soviet Union under terms of the lend-lease program.
She was launched on 4 September 1944 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Skeel; and commissioned 13 December 1944, Lieutenant F. D. Abbott commanding.
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[edit] World War II Pacific Ocean operations
Following shakedown and antisubmarine training Fancy departed for Pearl Harbor on 15 February 1945. In company with USS Rampart (AM-282) and USS YMS-38 and USS YMS-237 she steamed to Seattle, Washington, sailing thence to Kodiak and Cold Bay, Alaska, where she was readied for delivery to Russia under Lend-Lease as T-271.
[edit] Transfer to the Soviet Union
Transferred on 20 May, she was officially out of commission the following day. Reclassified MSF-234 on 7 February 1955, Fancy remained in Russian possession, her fate unknown.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
