USS Rampart (AM-282)

Career (United States)
Name:	USS Rampart (AM-282)
Builder:	Gulf Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down:	24 November 1943
Launched:	30 March 1944
Commissioned:	18 November 1944
Decommissioned:	20 May 1945
Fate:	Transferred to Soviet Union, 20 May 1945
Reclassified:	MSF-282, 7 February 1955
Career (Soviet Union)
Name:	T-282
Acquired:	20 May 1945
Refit:	converted to naval trawler, 1948
Renamed:	Shkval, 1948
Struck:	1964
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 Atlantic Fleet (1944-1945)

USS Rampart (AM-282) 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-282. She was converted to a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed Shkval. She was stricken in 1964, 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.

Career

Rampart was laid down on 24 November 1943 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 30 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frank S. Scott,; and commissioned 18 November 1944, Lt. Stanley F. Luce in command.

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Rampart got underway 8 December and arrived at Little Creek, Virginia five days later. She operated out of Little Creek, conducting minesweeping exercises, until 15 January 1945, when she sailed for Casco Bay, Maine, for antisubmarine warfare training.

Rampart then returned to Hampton Roads, and got underway 25 January for the Panama Canal Zone, reaching Coco Solo Naval Base 1 February. She transited the canal and proceeded via San Diego, California, to Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 24 February. On 7 March she headed back to the U.S. West Coast, reaching Seattle, Washington, on 19 March.

On 7 April Rampart departed Seattle for Kodiak, Alaska. A week later she steamed for Cold Bay, Alaska, arriving on the 15th. On the 24th she began shakedown with personnel of the Soviet Navy. The training was completed on 13 May.

On 20 May 1945 Rampart was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease as T-282. The Soviets converted T-282 into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Shkval. She was stricken in 1964, never having been returned to U.S. Navy custody. Her ultimate fate is unreported in secondary sources.

Unaware of the ship's fate, the U.S. Navy reclassified her as MSF-282 on 7 February 1955, and she remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until her name was stricken on 1 January 1983.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

• "Rampart". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 18 February 2008.