Soviet minesweeper T-111

For other ships of the same name, see USS Advocate.

History

United States
Name:	USS Advocate (AMc-115)
Builder:	Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Reclassified:	AM-138, 21 February 1942
Laid down:	8 April 1942
Launched:	1 November 1942
Completed:	25 June 1943
Fate:	Transferred to the Soviet Union, 25 June 1943
Reclassified:	as MSF-138, 7 February 1955
Struck:	1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name:	T-111
Commissioned:	25 June 1943
Renamed:	TV-25, 3 November 1956
Fate:	scuttled in the Barents Sea, 1956
General characteristics
Class & 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:	2 × ALCO diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) 2 shafts
Speed:	15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement:	104
Armament:	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × Bofors 40 mm gun 1 × hedgehog 4 × Depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge racks 2 × Minesweeping paravanes

T-111 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War. She had originally been built as USS Advocate (AM-138), 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-111; she was never returned to the United States. The Soviets later scuttled the ship in the Barents Sea in 1956. 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

Advocate was laid down on 8 April 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. A. K. Brown; and completed on 25 June 1943. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy that same day as T-111. She was never returned to U.S. custody.

T-111 was scuttled by the Soviet Navy in the Barents Sea in 1956.

Due to the ongoing Cold War, the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate. They had reclassified the vessel as MSF-138 on 7 February 1955, and kept her on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983.

References

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

Admirable-class minesweepers

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Soviet Navy

T-111
T-112
T-113
T-114
T-115
T-116
T-117
T-118
T-119
T-120
T-271
T-272
T-273
T-274
T-275
T-276
T-277
T-278
T-279
T-280
T-281
T-282
T-521
T-522
T-523
T-524
T-525
T-526
T-593
T-594
T-595
T-596
T-597
T-598

Post-World War II operators

Republic of China Navy	Yung Chang Yung Chia Yung Feng Yung Ho Yung Hsiu Yung Ming Yung Ning Yung Sheng Yung Shou Yung Shun Yung Ting ex-Buoyant ex-Nimble ex-Reform

Chinese Maritime Customs Service	Yung Chun Yung Hsing Yung Kang ex-Dunlin ex-Notable

Dominican Navy	Prestol Botello Separación Tortuguero

Republic of Korea Navy	Kojin

Mexican Navy	Aldebaran Cadete Agustín Melgar Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca Cadete Francisco Márquez Cadete Juan Escutia Cadete Vicente Suárez DM-01 DM-02 DM-03 DM-04 (1962) DM-04 (1973) DM-05 DM-06 DM-07 DM-08 DM-09 DM-10 DM-11 DM-12 DM-13 DM-14 DM-15 DM-16 DM-17 DM-18 DM-19 DM-20 General Felipe Xicoténcatl General Ignacio Zaragoza General Juan N. Méndez General Manuel E. Rincón General Miguel Negrete General Pedro María Anaya Oceanográfico Teniente Juan de la Barrera

Myanmar Navy	Yan Gyi Aung

Philippine Navy part of Miguel Malvar class	Datu Tupas Magat Salamat Pagasa Samar

Republic of Vietnam Navy	Chi Lang II Chi Linh Ha Hoi Ky Hoa Nhut Tao

Preceded by: Hawk class
Followed by: Agile class

List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy

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