USS Rampart (AM-282)
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Career (USA) | |
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Name: | USS Rampart |
Builder: | Gulf Shipbuilding Co. |
Laid down: | 24 November 1943 |
Launched: | 30 March 1944 |
Commissioned: | 18 November 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 20 May 1945 |
Reclassified: | MSF-282, 7 February 1955 |
Fate: | Transferred to Russia, 20 May 1945 |
Career (USSR) | |
Name: | T-282 |
Acquired: | 20 May 1945 |
Fate: | Unknown |
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 |
Service record | |
Part of | US Atlantic Fleet (1944-1945) |
USS Rampart (AM-282) 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 served the Navy in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean until she was transferred to the Soviet Union under terms of the Lend Lease Act.
Rampart was laid down on 24 November 1943 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 30 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frank S. Scott,; and commissioned 18 November 1944, Lt. Stanley F. Luce in command.
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[edit] World War II Atlantic Ocean operations
After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Rampart got underway 8 December and arrived at Little Creek, Virginia five days later. She operated out of Little Creek, conducting minesweeping exercises, until 15 January 1945, when she sailed for Casco Bay, Maine, for antisubmarine warfare training.
[edit] Transfer to the Pacific Fleet
Rampart then returned to Hampton Roads, and got underway 25 January for the Panama Canal Zone, reaching Coco Solo Naval Base 1 February. She transited the canal and proceeded via San Diego, California, to Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 24 February. On 7 March she headed back to the U.S. West Coast, reaching Seattle, Washington, on 19 March.
On 7 April Rampart departed Seattle for Kodiak, Alaska. A week later she steamed for Cold Bay, Alaska, arriving on the 15th. On the 24th she began shakedown with personnel of the Soviet Navy. The training was completed on 13 May.
[edit] Transfer to the Soviet Union
On 20 May 1945 Rampart was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Navy on lease. She was reclassified MSF-282 on 7 February 1955.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Rampart. DANFS. U.S. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
- Rampart. Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.