Soviet minesweeper T-114

History
United States
NameUSS Alchemy (AMc-118)
BuilderTampa Shipbuilding Company
ReclassifiedAM-141, 21 February 1942
Laid down8 April 1942
Launched7 December 1942
Completed11 August 1943
FateTransferred to the USSR, 11 August 1943
ReclassifiedMSF-141, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
NameT-114
Acquired11 August 1943
FateTorpedoed and sunk by U-365, 13 August 1944
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

T-114 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II. She had originally been built as USS Alchemy (AM-141), an Admirable-class minesweeper, for the United States Navy during World War II, but never saw active service in the U.S. Navy. Upon completion she was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease as T-114; she was never returned to the United States. T-114 was sunk by U-365 in the Kara Sea in August 1944. 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

Alchemy was laid down on 8 June 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; sponsored by Mrs. W. E. Edgarton; and completed on 11 August 1943. On the same day that she was completed, Alchemy was turned over to the Soviet Navy under the terms of the lend-lease program. She served the Soviets as T-114, until she was torpedoed and sunk 13 August 1944 in the Kara Sea by the German submarine U-365.

Alchemy was carried on the American Navy List as MSF-141 after 7 February 1955, until struck on 1 January 1983.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.