| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Astute (AMc-125) |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Reclassified: | AM-148, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 7 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. M. L. Haney |
| Commissioned: | 17 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 18 July 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-148, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-523 |
| Acquired: | 18 July 1945 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 1954 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1944-1945) |
USS Astute (AM-148) 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-523. The Soviets scrapped T-523 in 1954, never returning 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.
Astute was laid down on 7 December 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 23 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Haney; and commissioned on 17 January 1944.
Following shakedown training, Astute transited the Panama Canal and joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet. She proceeded up the Pacific coast and ultimately arrived in Alaska waters where she served during the latter part of 1944 and the first half of 1945 conducting patrol and escort duty.
Astute was decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, on 18 July 1945 and was transferred to the Soviet Union under the terms of the lend-lease program. Astute served in the Soviet Navy as T-523. The Soviets scrapped T-523 in 1954, never having returned her to U.S. Navy custody.
Unaware of the ship's fate, the U.S. Navy reclassified her as MSF-148 on 7 February 1955. She was carried on the United States Naval Vessel Register until her name was stricken on 1 January 1983.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.