| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Capable (AMc-132) |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Works |
| Reclassified: | AM-155, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1942 |
| Launched: | 16 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 5 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 16 August 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-155, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-595 |
| Acquired: | 16 August 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 (1943-1945) |
USS Capable (AM-155) 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-595. The Soviets scrapped T-595, 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.
Capable was launched 16 November 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon; commissioned 5 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander W. C. Kunz, USNR, in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.
Capable cleared San Francisco, California, 8 February 1944 for Pearl Harbor and Majuro, arriving 9 March. Based there until October 1944, Capable served as convoy escort, voyaging to Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein, Tarawa, Eniwetok, Manus, and Makin. The ships, supplies, and men she guarded helped to build up the great fleet bases of the Pacific and carry the war west across the ocean through the stepping-stone island groups.
Moving on to the more advanced base at Eniwetok, Capable served on local patrol and escort in the Marianas, and in February 1945 guarded a convoy to Ulithi as part of the intricate preparations for the massive Iwo Jima assault. The minesweeper returned to Seattle, Washington, 6 April for overhaul and on 11 July arrived at Cold Bay, Alaska, to train a Russian crew.
Capable was decommissioned 16 August 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union under lend-lease T-595. The Soviets scrapped T-595, 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-155 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.