Soviet minesweeper T-120 explained
T-120 was a
minesweeper of the
Soviet Navy during
World War II and the
Cold War. She had originally been built as
USS Assail (AM-147), an, 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-120; she was never returned to the United States.
T-120 was sunk by in the
Kara Sea in September 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
Assail was laid down on 1 November 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 December 1942; sponsored by Miss M. T. Hicks; and completed on 5 October 1943. She was transferred to the Soviet Union on the day she was completed under the lend-lease program, and she served the Soviet Navy as T-120 until she was torpedoed and sunk 24 September 1944 in the Kara Sea by German submarine .
Never returned, Assail was carried on the American Naval Vessel Register as MSF-147 after 7 February 1955 until struck on 1 January 1983.
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