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History
United States
Name USS Alchemy (AMc-118)
Builder
Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Reclassified AM-141, 21 February 1942
Laid down 8 April 1942
Launched 7 December 1942
Completed 11 August 1943
Fate Transferred to the
USSR , 11 August 1943
Reclassified MSF-141, 7 February 1955
Stricken 1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name T-114
Acquired 11 August 1943
Fate Torpedoed and sunk by
U-365 , 13 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type
Admirable -class minesweeper
Displacement 650 tons
Length 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam 33 ft (10 m)
Draft 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion
Speed 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement 104
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
This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
External links
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Converted
Soviet Navy
Lend-Lease
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1944
Shipwrecks
2 Aug:
USS Fiske
3 Aug:
HMS Quorn
4 Aug:
Tannenfels ,
Matsu
5 Aug:
Mefküre ,
U-671
6 Aug:
Empire City ,
Sachsenwald ,
Thétis ,
U-471 ,
U-736 ,
U-952 ,
U-969 ,
V 215 Oliva
7 Aug:
Amsterdam ,
Empire Day ,
Nagara
8 Aug:
Conte Verde ,
HMCS Regina ,
Tama Maru No. 6 ,
V 404 Falke
9 Aug:
Spichern
10 Aug:
U-608
11 Aug:
V 623 Jupiter ,
U-385 ,
U-967
12 Aug:
T-114 ,
T-118 ,
U-198 ,
U-981 ,
V 410 Germania
13 Aug:
USS Flier ,
U-270 ,
V 1101 Preußsen
14 Aug:
V 605 Arthur Duncker ,
Gueydon ,
U-618
15 Aug:
U-741
16 Aug:
Trémintin
18 Aug:
La Galissonnière ,
Natori ,
Strasbourg ,
Taiyō ,
Teia Maru ,
U-107 ,
U-129 ,
U-621 ,
V 406 Hans Loh
19 Aug:
Commandant Teste ,
Hayasui ,
Tamatsu Maru ,
U-123 ,
U-466 ,
V-6112 Friese
20 Aug:
Richard Montgomery ,
U-9 ,
U-413 ,
U-984 ,
U-1229 .
V 409 August Bösch
21 Aug:
HMCS Alberni ,
HMS Kite ,
HMS Orchis ,
U-230 ,
V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker ,
Z23
22 Aug:
HMS Bickerton ,
HMS Loyalty ,
Matsuwa ,
Tsushima Maru ,
U-344 ,
V 401 Jan Mayen ,
V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms ,
V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer
23 Aug:
Asakaze ,
U-180
24 Aug:
USS Harder ,
NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu ,
U-354 ,
U-445 ,
Z37
25 Aug:
Sperrbrecher 136 ,
U-18 ,
U-24 ,
U-178 ,
U-667 ,
UIT-21 ,
Yūnagi ,
Z24
26 Aug:
Samidare ,
U-188 ,
V 404 Baden ,
V 411 Saarland
27 Aug:
HMS Britomart ,
Clemenceau ,
HMS Hussar
28 Aug:
John Barry ,
V 407 Dorum
30 Aug:
De Grasse ,
M553
31 Aug:
Shirataka
Unknown date:
Condorcet ,
Kulmerland ,
Marechal Petain ,
U-925
Other incidents