| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Barrier (AMc-127) |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Reclassified: | AM-150, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 7 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Eugenie Bradford |
| Commissioned: | 10 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 18 July 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-150, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-525 |
| Acquired: | 18 July 1945 |
| Fate: | probably scrapped, 1956 |
| 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 Barrier (AM-150) 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-522. The Soviets scrapped T-522, 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.
Barrier was laid down on 7 December 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Incorporated; launched on 23 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Eugenie Bradford, wife of Lieutenant L. M. Bradford, Assistant Technical Officer (Hull) at the builder's yard; and commissioned on 10 May 1944, Lt. Donald T. Ehrmann, USMC, in command.
Following outfitting and shakedown training, Barrier transited the Panama Canal late in July and made a stop at San Francisco, California, early in August before beginning duty in Alaskan waters on 14 August. The minesweeper performed convoy escort and minesweeping duties in the Aleutian Islands for the next 11 months.
On 18 July 1945, Barrier was decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, and was simultaneously transferred to the Soviet Navy under lend lease as T-525. The Soviets scrapped T-525, 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-150 on 7 February 1955, and she remained on the American 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.