USS Method (AM-264)

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History
United States
NameUSS Method (AM-264)
Builder
American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down7 June 1943
Launched23 October 1943
Sponsored byMrs. K. C. Thorton
Commissioned10 July 1944
Decommissioned21 May 1945[1]
FateTransferred to Soviet Navy, 21 May 1945[1]
ReclassifiedMSF-264, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 January 1983[citation needed]
History
Soviet Union
NameT-276[2]
Acquired21 May 1945[1]
Commissioned21 May 1945[1]
RefitConverted to
whalecatcher
, 1948
RenamedPurga, 1948
FateScrapped 1960[3]
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)
Propulsion
Speed14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
Service record
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USS Method (AM-264) was an

whalecatcher
in 1948 and renamed her Purga.

Construction and commissioning

Method was

launched on 23 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. K. C. Thorton, and commissioned
on 10 July 1944.

Service history

U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944-1945

Method departed Lorain, Ohio, on 12 July 1944 and steamed via the

minesweeping
operations and towed targets.

At the end of December 1944, Method reported for duty with

Washington, where she operated with the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Defense Unit.

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, Territory of Alaska, in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan – Method ceased her activities in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and departed on 26 March 1945 for Cold Bay, where she arrived on 4 April 1945 to begin familiarization training of her new Soviet crew.[3]

Soviet Navy, 1945-1960

Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, Method was

Soviet Far East.[3][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,

whalecatcher Purga.[6]

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy reclassified Method as a "fleet minesweeper" (MSF) and redesignated her MSF-264 on 7 February 1955.

Disposal

The ship was scrapped in 1960.[3] Unaware of her fate, the U.S. Navy kept Method on its Naval Vessel Register until finally striking her on 1 January 1983.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^
    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 Method's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously in a single ceremony on 21 May 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.
  2. ^
    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-276, while the former USS Marvel (AM-262)
    , also transferred on 21 May 1945, had the Soviet name T-274. 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.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-945274-35-1
    , p. 39.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781351547840
    . Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ISBN 0-945274-35-1
    , pp. 37-38, 39.
  6. ^ Lutsenko, Valeriy. "Buran-type whale catcher". Fishing Fleet of Communist and Post-Communist Countries. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

See also


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