USS Arcade (AM-143)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Arcade |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1942 |
| Completed: | 26 August 1943 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-143, 7 February 1955 TB-23, 11 July 1956 SM-7, 23 October 1962 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the USSR, 26 August 1943 |
| Career (USSR) |  |
| Name: | T-116 |
| Acquired: | 26 August 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 4 May 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.2 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
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USS Arcade (AM-143) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and was given to the Soviets under the lend-lease program.
She was laid down on 8 June 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 7 December 1942; sponsored by Miss V. Zoll; and completed on 26 August 1943.
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[edit] Transfer to the Soviet Union
Turned over to the USSR that same day under the lend-lease program, she served the Soviet Navy as T-116.
[edit] Disposition
Never returned, the minesweeper was carried on the Navy List under the designation MSF-143 after 7 February 1955 until 1 January 1983 at which time her name was struck. She had been scrapped by the Soviets on 4 May 1963.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Arcade (MSF 143) - ex-AM-143 - ex-AMc-120
