USS Disdain (AM 222) Under construction |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Disdain (AM-222) |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company |
| Laid down: | 23 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 25 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 26 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 May 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Soviet Union, 21 May 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-222, 7 February 1955 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-277 |
| Acquired: | 21 May 1945 |
| Refit: | converted to naval trawler, 1964 |
| Renamed: | Shtorm |
| Struck: | 1964 |
| Fate: | converted to whaler; ultimate fate unknown |
| 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 Disdain (AM-222) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease, stricken in 1964 and converted into a whaler. The U.S. Navy long remained unaware of the ship's departure from military service, so the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until 1983.
Disdain was launched on 25 March 1944 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; sponsored by Mrs. J. P. Sturges; and commissioned on 26 December 1944, Lieutenant H. D. Lindsay, Jr., USNR, in command.
Departing Chicago, Illinois, on 4 January 1945, Disdain made her way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, arriving the last day of the month for shakedown training. After sailing from Burrwood, Louisiana, on 27 February, Disdain called at San Diego, California, and arrived at Seattle, Washington, on 22 March to prepare for transfer. On 7 April, she sailed for Cold Bay, Alaska, arriving on 15 April to train Soviet sailors.
She was decommissioned on 21 May and transferred to the Soviet Navy under lend lease as T-277. In 1948, the Soviets converted the ship into a naval trawler and renamed her Shtorm. She was stricken in 1964 and converted to a whaler around this same time.
Unaware of the ship's status, the U.S. Navy reclassified her as MSF-222 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. The entry can be found here.