Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Admirable |
Pennant | AM 265 |
Built by | American Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 2 May 1942 |
Laid down | 31 Jul 1943 |
Launched | 24 Dec 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 Aug 1944 |
End service | 20 May 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 20 May 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union the following day at Cold Bay, Alaska being renamed T-275. |
Commands listed for USS Mirth (AM 265)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Milton Albert Rusteen, USNR | 12 Aug 1944 | 13 Mar 1945 |
2 | John Francis Maddox, Jr., USNR | 13 Mar 1945 | 20 May 1945 |
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