Originally classified as a "coastal minesweeper," AMc-128, Bombard was reclassified as a "minesweeper," AM-151, on 21 February 1942. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., launched on 23 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Vivian Broadwater, and commissioned on 31 May 1944.
Service historyedit
U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944-1945edit
After shakedown training, Bombard transited the Panama Canal at the end of July 1944. From there, she voyaged directly to Samoa, departing the Panama Canal Zone on 1 August 1944 and arriving at Tutuila on 29 August 1944. On 2 September 1944, she left Tutuila and made stops at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, and San Francisco, California, before arriving in the waters of the Territory of Alaska at the end of the first week in November 1944. Minesweeping exercises, patrols, and convoy escort missions kept her busy until the summer of 1945 when, having been selected for transfer to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula – a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay, Alaska, in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan – she began familiarization training for her new Soviet crew at Cold Bay.[4]
Soviet Navy, 1945-1963edit
Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, Bombard was decommissioned on 19 July 1945[1] at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease immediately.[1] Also commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,[1] she was designated as a tralshik ("minesweeper") and renamed T-336[3] in Soviet service. She soon departed Cold Bay bound for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Soviet Union, where she served in the Soviet Far East.[4]
In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II, and on 8 May 1947, United States Secretary of the NavyJames V. Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned. Deteriorating relations between the two countries as the Cold War broke out led to protracted negotiations over the ships, and by the mid-1950s the U.S. Navy found it too expensive to bring home ships that had become worthless to it anyway. Many ex-American ships were merely administratively "returned" to the United States and instead sold for scrap in the Soviet Union, while the U.S. Navy did not seriously pursue the return of others because it viewed them as no longer worth the cost of recovery.[5] The Soviet Union never returned Bombard to the United States, although the U.S. Navy reclassified her as a "fleet minesweeper" (MSF) and redesignated her MSF-151 on 7 February 1955.
Disposaledit
The Soviet Navy struck T-336 from its vessel register in 1963.[2] Unaware of her fate, the U.S. Navy kept Bombard on its Naval Vessel Register until finally striking her on 1 January 1983.
^ abcdefgThe Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ShipsBombard article states that the U.S. Navy decommissioned and transferred Bombard on 18 July 1945, and NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard (MSF 151) ex-AM-151 ex-AMc-128 and hazegray.org Bombard repeat this. However, more recent research in Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the transfer date was 19 July 1945. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994. According to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to and commissioning by the Soviet Navy – see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process – indicating that Bombard's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 19 July 1945.
^ abNavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard (MSF 151) ex-AM-151 ex-AMc-128 and hazegray.org Bombard state that the ship probably was scrapped in 1956, but more recent research in Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, p. 39, reports that the ship's Soviet name was T-336 and states that T-336 was stricken in 1963. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994. Russell, p. 40., also states that T-526 – a Soviet name previously attributed to Bombard but now identified as belonging to the former USS YMS-435 – was stricken in 1956, and this confusion over the identity of the two ships may have led to the confusion over their striking dates.
^ abNavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard (MSF 151) ex-AM-151 ex-AMc-128 and hazegray.org Bombard state that Bombard was named T-526 in Soviet service, but more recent research in Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, pp. 39-40, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, finds that the ship's Soviet name was T-336, while an auxiliary motor minesweeper, the former USS YMS-435, also transferred in 1945, had the Soviet name T-526. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
^ abRussell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, p. 39.
^Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, pp. 37-38, 39.
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USS Bombard AM 151 was an Admirable class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1945 In 1945 she was transferred to the Soviet Union serving after that in the Soviet Navy as T 336 History United States NameUSS Bombard AMc 128 BuilderTampa Shipbuilding Company Tampa Florida ReclassifiedAM 151 21 February 1942 Laid down7 December 1942 Launched23 February 1943 Sponsored byMrs Vivian Broadwater Commissioned31 May 1944 Decommissioned19 July 1945 1 FateTransferred to Soviet Navy 19 July 1945 1 ReclassifiedMSF 151 7 February 1955 Stricken1 January 1983 History Soviet Union NameT 336 3 Acquired19 July 1945 1 Commissioned19 July 1945 1 FateStricken 1963 2 General characteristics Class and typeAdmirable class minesweeper Displacement650 tons Length184 ft 6 in 56 24 m Beam33 ft 10 m Draft9 ft 9 in 2 97 m Propulsion2 ALCO 539 diesel engines 1 710 shp 1 3 MW Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts Speed14 8 knots 27 4 km h Complement104 Armament1 3 50 caliber gun DP 2 twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 Hedgehog anti submarine mortar 2 depth charge tracks Service record Part of U S Pacific Fleet 1944 1945 Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet 1945 1963 Contents 1 Construction and commissioning 2 Service history 2 1 U S Navy World War II 1944 1945 2 2 Soviet Navy 1945 1963 3 Disposal 4 References 5 External linksConstruction and commissioning editOriginally classified as a coastal minesweeper AMc 128 Bombard was reclassified as a minesweeper AM 151 on 21 February 1942 She was laid down on 7 December 1942 at Tampa Florida by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company Inc launched on 23 February 1943 sponsored by Mrs Vivian Broadwater and commissioned on 31 May 1944 Service history editU S Navy World War II 1944 1945 edit After shakedown training Bombard transited the Panama Canal at the end of July 1944 From there she voyaged directly to Samoa departing the Panama Canal Zone on 1 August 1944 and arriving at Tutuila on 29 August 1944 On 2 September 1944 she left Tutuila and made stops at Pearl Harbor Territory of Hawaii and San Francisco California before arriving in the waters of the Territory of Alaska at the end of the first week in November 1944 Minesweeping exercises patrols and convoy escort missions kept her busy until the summer of 1945 when having been selected for transfer to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula a secret program for the transfer of U S Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay Alaska in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan she began familiarization training for her new Soviet crew at Cold Bay 4 Soviet Navy 1945 1963 edit Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew Bombard was decommissioned on 19 July 1945 1 at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend Lease immediately 1 Also commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately 1 she was designated as a tralshik minesweeper and renamed T 336 3 in Soviet service She soon departed Cold Bay bound for Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky in the Soviet Union where she served in the Soviet Far East 4 In February 1946 the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II and on 8 May 1947 United States Secretary of the Navy James V Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned Deteriorating relations between the two countries as the Cold War broke out led to protracted negotiations over the ships and by the mid 1950s the U S Navy found it too expensive to bring home ships that had become worthless to it anyway Many ex American ships were merely administratively returned to the United States and instead sold for scrap in the Soviet Union while the U S Navy did not seriously pursue the return of others because it viewed them as no longer worth the cost of recovery 5 The Soviet Union never returned Bombard to the United States although the U S Navy reclassified her as a fleet minesweeper MSF and redesignated her MSF 151 on 7 February 1955 Disposal editThe Soviet Navy struck T 336 from its vessel register in 1963 2 Unaware of her fate the U S Navy kept Bombard on its Naval Vessel Register until finally striking her on 1 January 1983 References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here a b c d e f g The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Bombard article states that the U S Navy decommissioned and transferred Bombard on 18 July 1945 and NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard MSF 151 ex AM 151 ex AMc 128 and hazegray org Bombard repeat this However more recent research in Russell Richard A Project Hula Secret Soviet American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Washington D C Naval Historical Center 1997 ISBN 0 945274 35 1 p 39 which includes access to Soviet era records unavailable during the Cold War reports that the transfer date was 19 July 1945 As sources Russell cites Department of the Navy Ships Data U S Naval Vessels Volume II 1 January 1949 NAVSHIPS 250 012 Washington DC Bureau of Ships 1949 and Berezhnoi S S Flot SSSR Korabli i suda lendliza Spravochnik The Soviet Navy Lend Lease Ships and Vessels A Reference St Petersburg Russia Belen 1994 According to Russell Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U S Navy simultaneously with their transfer to and commissioning by the Soviet Navy see photo captions on p 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft LCI L s and information on p 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado PF 38 which Russell says typified the transfer process indicating that Bombard s U S Navy decommissioning transfer and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 19 July 1945 a b NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard MSF 151 ex AM 151 ex AMc 128 and hazegray org Bombard state that the ship probably was scrapped in 1956 but more recent research in Russell Richard A Project Hula Secret Soviet American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Washington D C Naval Historical Center 1997 ISBN 0 945274 35 1 p 39 reports that the ship s Soviet name was T 336 and states that T 336 was stricken in 1963 As sources Russell cites Department of the Navy Ships Data U S Naval Vessels Volume II 1 January 1949 NAVSHIPS 250 012 Washington DC Bureau of Ships 1949 and Berezhnoi S S Flot SSSR Korabli i suda lendliza Spravochnik The Soviet Navy Lend Lease Ships and Vessels A Reference St Petersburg Russia Belen 1994 Russell p 40 also states that T 526 a Soviet name previously attributed to Bombard but now identified as belonging to the former USS YMS 435 was stricken in 1956 and this confusion over the identity of the two ships may have led to the confusion over their striking dates a b NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard MSF 151 ex AM 151 ex AMc 128 and hazegray org Bombard state that Bombard was named T 526 in Soviet service but more recent research in Russell Richard A Project Hula Secret Soviet American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Washington D C Naval Historical Center 1997 ISBN 0 945274 35 1 pp 39 40 which includes access to Soviet era records unavailable during the Cold War finds that the ship s Soviet name was T 336 while an auxiliary motor minesweeper the former USS YMS 435 also transferred in 1945 had the Soviet name T 526 As sources Russell cites Department of the Navy Ships Data U S Naval Vessels Volume II 1 January 1949 NAVSHIPS 250 012 Washington DC Bureau of Ships 1949 and Berezhnoi S S Flot SSSR Korabli i suda lendliza Spravochnik The Soviet Navy Lend Lease Ships and Vessels A Reference St Petersburg Russia Belen 1994 a b Russell Richard A Project Hula Secret Soviet American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Washington D C Naval Historical Center 1997 ISBN 0 945274 35 1 p 39 Russell Richard A Project Hula Secret Soviet American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Washington D C Naval Historical Center 1997 ISBN 0 945274 35 1 pp 37 38 39 External links editNavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Bombard MSF 151 ex AM 151 ex AMc 128 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Bombard amp oldid 1148046758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
