| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bombard (AMc-128) |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Reclassified: | AM-151, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 7 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Vivian Broadwater |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 18 July 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-151, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-526 |
| 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 Bombard (AM-151) 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 been returned 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.
Bombard was laid down on 7 December 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.; launched on 23 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Vivian Broadwater; and commissioned on 31 May 1944, Lt. David M. Elder, USNR, in command.
After shakedown training, Bombard transited the Panama Canal at the end of July. From there, she voyaged directly to Samoa, departing the Panama Canal Zone on 1 August and arriving at Tutuila on the 29th. On 2 September, the minesweeper left Tutuila bound ultimately for Alaska. Along the way, the warship made stops at Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, California, before arriving in Alaskan waters at the end of the first week in November. Minesweeping exercises, patrols, and convoy escort missions kept her busy until the following summer.
On 18 July 1945, Bombard was decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, and transferred to the Soviet Navy under the provisions of the lend lease program as T-522. The Soviets scrapped T-522, 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-151 on 7 February 1955, and kept her on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was stricken on 1 January 1983.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.