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T-111 STARSHIY LEYTENANT LEKAREV minesweepers (1943-1944/1943-1945)

T-334 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Т-111 Старший Лейтенант Лекарев [T-111 Starshiy Leytenant Lekarev] (ex-Advocate)   48 Tampa SB, USA 4.1942 1.11.1942 6.1943 torpedo carrier 7.1956
Т-112 Старший Лейтенант Владимиров [T-112 Starshiy Leytenant Vladimirov] (ex-Agent)   49 Tampa SB, USA 4.1942 1.11.1942 7.1943 torpedo carrier 10.1955
T-113 (ex-Alarm)   50 Tampa SB, USA 6.1942 7.12.1942 8.1943 stricken 7.1956
T-114 (ex-Alchemy)   51 Tampa SB, USA 6.1942 7.12.1942 8.1943 sunk 13.8.1944
T-115 (ex-Apex), 10.1955- Айдар [Aydar]   52 Tampa SB, USA 6.1942 7.12.1942 8.1943 dispatch vessel 9.1955, stricken 2.1961
T-116 (ex-Arcade)   53 Tampa SB, USA 6.1942 7.12.1942 8.1943 torpedo carrier 7.1956
T-117 (ex-Arch)   54 Tampa SB, USA 10.1942 7.12.1942 9.1943 torpedo carrier 10.1955
T-118 (ex-Armada)   55 Tampa SB, USA 10.1942 7.12.1942 9.1943 sunk 13.8.1944
T-119 (ex-Aspire)   56 Tampa SB, USA 11.1942 27.12.1942 9.1943 torpedo carrier 7.1956
T-120 (ex-Assail)   57 Tampa SB, USA 11.1942 27.12.1942 10.1943 sunk 24.9.1944
T-271 (ex-Disdain)     American SB, Lorain, USA 10.1943 25.3.1944 12.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 7.1947
T-272 (ex-Fancy)   41 Puget Sound Bridge, USA 5.1944 4.9.1944 12.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 10.1947
T-273 (ex-Indicative)     Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA 9.1943 12.12.1943 6.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 6.1947
T-274 (ex-Marvel)     American SB, Lorain, USA 4.1943 31.7.1943 6.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 7.1947
T-275 (ex-Measure)     American SB, Lorain, USA 6.1943 23.10.1943 5.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 10.1947
T-276 (ex-Method)     American SB, Lorain, USA 6.1943 23.10.1943 7.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 10.1947
T-277 (ex-Mirth)     American SB, Lorain, USA 7.1943 24.12.1943 8.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 6.1947
T-278 (ex-Nucleus)   11 Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA 9.1942 12.6.1943 12.1943 // 5.1945 stricken 10.1947
T-279 (ex-Palisade)   14 Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA 9.1942 26.6.1943 3.1944 // 5.1945 accommodation ship 9.1951
T-280 (ex-Penetrate)     Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA 1.1943 11.9.1943 3.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 6.1947
T-281 (ex-Peril)   16 Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA 2.1943 25.7.1943 4.1944 // 5.1945 receiving ship 12.1956
T-282 (ex-Rampart)   26 Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA 11.1943 30.3.1944 11.1944 // 5.1945 stricken 10.1947
T-283 (ex-Candid)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 4.1942 14.10.1942 10.1943 // 8.1945 survey vessel 6.1947
T-284 (ex-Caution)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 5.1942 7.12.1942 2.1944 // 8.1945 receiving vessel 7.1956
T-285 (ex-Bond)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 4.1942 21.10.1942 8.1943 // 8.1945 receiving vessel 7.1956
T-331 (ex-Admirable)   46 Tampa SB, USA 4.1942 18.10.1942 4.1943 // 5.1945 survey vessel 6.1947
T-332 (ex-Adopt), 10.1955- Кинель [Kinel']   47 Tampa SB, USA 4.1942 18.10.1942 5.1943 // 5.1945 dispatch vessel 9.1955, receiving vessel 2.1956
T-333 (ex-Astute), 10.1955- Курчум [Kurchum]   58 Tampa SB, USA 12.1942 23.2.1943 1.1944 // 5.1945 dispatch vessel 9.1955, receiving vessel 2.1956
T-334 (ex-Augury), 1.1955- Газимур [Gazimur]   59 Tampa SB, USA 12.1942 23.2.1943 3.1944 // 5.1945 dispatch vessel 12.1954, receiving vessel 2.1956
T-335 (ex-Barrier), 10.1955- Исток [Istok]   60 Tampa SB, USA 12.1942 23.2.1943 5.1944 // 5.1945 dispatch vessel 9.1955, stricken 7.1956
T-336 (ex-Bombard), 6.1954- Гыдан [Gydan]   61 Tampa SB, USA 12.1942 23.2.1943 5.1944 // 5.1945 dispatch vessel 3.1953, stricken 2.1963
T-337 (ex-Caravan)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 5.1942 27.10.1942 1.1944 // 8.1945 stricken 7.1956
T-338 (ex-Captivate)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 5.1942 1.12.1942 12.1943 // 8.1945 stricken 7.1956
T-339 (ex-Capable)     Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 5.1942 16.11.1942 12.1943 // 8.1945 stricken 7.1956

 

Displacement standard, t

825

Displacement full, t

945

Length, m

54.9 wl 56.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.97

No of shafts

 2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 2000

Max speed, kts

15.1

Fuel, t

 diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts) 8500 (12)

Armament

T-111 - 120: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

T-271 - 285, 331 - 339: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 4, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

presumably SF or SO or SU radar, QCU sonar
Complement 96

   

Project history: USN minesweepers of Admirable class, transferred to the USSR on lend-lease. North Sea and Pacific ships differed with armament structure: latter had 2 40mm Boforses instead of aft 76mm gun.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: T-114 and T-118 were sunk at night 12-13.8.1944 by German submarine U365 at Bely Island in Kara sea. T-120 was sunk 24.9.1944 by German submarine U739 in Kara Sea.

 

T-111 Starshiy Leytenant Lekarev

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