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Apex (MSF 142)
ex-AM-142
ex-AMc-119


Apex only served in the Soviet Navy
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Originally planned as Apex (AMc 119)
  • Reclassified AM-142, 21 February 1942
  • Laid down 8 June 1942 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL
  • Launched 7 December 1942Completed 17 August 1943, transferred to the Soviet Union and reclassified T-115 the same day
  • Assigned to the Federation Council
  • Used as a training ship between 15 January - 12 March 1945
  • Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-142, 7 February 1955
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 1 September 1955 (on paper only), reclassified as a Dispatch Vessel and named Aidar
  • Scrapped 28 February 1961
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 January 1983.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 650 t., 840 t. (fl)
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14.8 kts.
  • Complement 85
  • Armament: Two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, eight 20mm gun mounts, two 7.63mm Browning machine guns, one depth charge projector (hedgehogs), and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Apex 58k T-119, ex-Aspire (AM 146) and T-115, ex-Apex (AM 142)
    Photo from "Korabli i katera VMF SSSR 1939 - 1945" (Warships and Cutters of Soviet Navy 1939 - 1945) by A. Shirokorad    		 Original photo: Alex I. Khomenko
    Kiev, Ukraine
    Replacement photo: George Pol
    Apex 64k George Pol
    Apex 75k
    Apex 112k
    Apex 121k Warrant Officer L. Lazarev with model of T-115
    Apex 66k Victory Star
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