| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bond (AMc-129) |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Works |
| Reclassified: | AM-152, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 11 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 21 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 17 August 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-152, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-285 |
| Acquired: | 17 August 1945 |
| Renamed: | BRN-37, 11 July 1956 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 January 1960 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 1960 |
| 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 (1943-1945) |
USS Bond (AM-152) 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-285. The Soviets decommissioned T-285 in 1960 and scrapped her, 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.
Bond was laid down on 11 April 1942 at Portland, Oregon, by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works; launched on 21 October 1942; and commissioned on 30 August 1943, Lt. Cober L. Grabenhorst, USNR, in command.
Following shakedown training, the minesweeper engaged in patrols out of San Pedro, California, from 2 October to 20 November. On the latter day, she got underway for the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 30th. The minesweeper remained there until 7 December when she shaped a course for Alaskan waters. She arrived at Adak, Alaska, on 13 December and began patrols and escort duty. Over the next six months, her assignment took her to Attu, Kiska, Dutch Harbor, and Amchitka as well as Adak. The ship departed Dutch Harbor for San Francisco, California, early in the summer of 1944. Following repairs at San Francisco, Bond put to sea on 8 August, bound for the Mariana Islands. She made stops at Pearl Harbor and at Eniwetok Atoll before arriving at Saipan on 2 September. For the next seven months, Bond patrolled in the vicinity of Saipan and escorted convoys between Saipan, Ulithi, Guam, and Eniwetok. The warship left Saipan on 25 April 1945 and, after steaming via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, arrived at Portland, Oregon, on 22 May.
Following repairs - both at Portland, Oregon, and at Seattle, Washington - the minesweeper moved north to Cold Bay, Alaska, where she was decommissioned on 17 August 1945 and was transferred to the Soviet Union under a lend lease agreement as T-285. The Soviets scrapped T-285 in 1960, never having returned her to U.S. Navy custody.
Unaware of the ship's fate, the U.S. Navy reclassified her as MSF-152 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.