USS Marvel (AM-262)
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Marvel (AM-262) |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company |
| Laid down: | 12 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 9 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 May 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Soviet Union, 21 May 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-262, 7 February 1955 |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
| Name: | T-272 |
| Acquired: | 21 May 1945 |
| Refit: | convert to naval trawler, 1948 |
| Renamed: | Passat, 1948 |
| Struck: | 1964 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 long tons (660 t) |
| 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 Marvel (AM-262) 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-272. The Soviets converted her into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Passat. 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
Marvel was laid down 4 April 1943 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; launched 31 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Naomi Gordan; and commissioned 9 June 1944, Lt. Vincent de P. Hurley, USNR, in command.
Completing brief shakedown at Little Creek, Virginia, Marvel got underway 19 August 1944 for Naval Operating Base, Bermuda. Into mid-Fall she operated from St. George's Bay, sweeping for mines and conducting antisubmarine patrols to insure safe passage into the eastern terminus of the southern convoy route. She returned to Virginia, 9 November, and for the next two months conducted similar patrols in the Hampton Roads area.
On 17 January 1945 she weighed anchor and began a 2½ month cruise to Kodiak, Alaska. Steaming via Coco Solo, San Diego, California, and Seattle, Washington, she arrived 31 March. Two days later she sailed for the Shumagin Islands, arriving at Baralof Bay, 3 April. There she conducted local exercises until 20 May.
She decommissioned and was transferred, under the terms of the Lend-Lease Agreement of 11 June 1942, to the custody of the Soviet Navy as T-272. The Soviets converted T-272 into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Passat. She was stricken in 1964, never having been return 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-262 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.
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