USS Fancy (AM-234)
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Fancy (AM-234) |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 13 December 1944 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 20 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 May 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-234, 7 February 1955 |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
| Name: | T-271 |
| Acquired: | 20 May 1945 |
| Refit: | convert to naval trawler, 1948 |
| Renamed: | Vyuga, 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 |
USS Fancy (AM-234) 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-271. The Soviets converted her into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Vyuga. 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
Fancy was launched on 4 September 1944 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Skeel; and commissioned 13 December 1944, Lieutenant F. D. Abbott commanding.
Following shakedown and antisubmarine training Fancy departed for Pearl Harbor on 15 February 1945. In company with USS Rampart (AM-282) and USS YMS-38 and USS YMS-237 she steamed to Seattle, Washington, sailing thence to Kodiak and Cold Bay, Alaska, where she was readied for delivery to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease as T-271. Transferred on 20 May, she was officially out of commission the following day.
The Soviets converted T-271 into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Vyuga. 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-234 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.
- Ship infoboxes without an image
- Articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Pages with broken file links
- Admirable class minesweepers
- Ships built in Washington (U.S. state)
- 1944 ships
- World War II minesweepers of the United States
- Admirable class minesweepers of the Soviet Navy
- World War II minesweepers of the Soviet Union
- Trawlers of the Soviet Navy
- Cold War patrol vessels of the Soviet Union
- 2Fix
