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The '''''Admirable'' class''' was one of the largest and most successful classes of [[minesweeper]]s ordered by the [[United States Navy]] during World War II.  Typically, minesweepers detected and removed [[naval mine]]s before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) duties with rear-mounted [[depth charge]] racks and a forward-firing [[hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] antisubmarine [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]].  Their job was essential to the safety and success of U.S. naval operations during World War II and the [[Korean War]]. These minesweepers were also employed as [[patrol vessel]] and [[convoy]] escorts. The only remaining ship of this class is located at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE.
The '''''Admirable'' class''' was one of the largest and most successful classes of [[minesweeper]]s ordered by the [[United States Navy]] during World War II.  Typically, minesweepers detected and removed [[naval mine]]s before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) duties with rear-mounted [[depth charge]] racks and a forward-firing [[hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] antisubmarine [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]].  Their job was essential to the safety and success of U.S. naval operations during World War II and the [[Korean War]]. These minesweepers were also employed as [[patrol vessel]] and [[convoy]] escorts. The only remaining ship of this class is located at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE.


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* Two 855shp [[Busch-Sulzer]] 539 diesel engines, Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts (9)
* Two 855shp [[Busch-Sulzer]] 539 diesel engines, Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts (9)
** AM-356, AM-357, AM-359, AM-361 ... AM-366
** AM-356, AM-357, AM-359, AM-361 ... AM-366
* ref:<ref>individual ship navsource.org pages. Two 1,710shp engines is assumed to be incorrectly summed</ref>
* ref:<ref>individual ship NavSource pages. Two 1,710shp engines is assumed to be incorrectly summed</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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The Admirable class was one of the largest and most successful classes of minesweepers ordered by the United States Navy during World War II. Typically, minesweepers detected and removed naval mines before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties with rear-mounted depth charge racks and a forward-firing Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar. Their job was essential to the safety and success of U.S. naval operations during World War II and the Korean War. These minesweepers were also employed as patrol vessel and convoy escorts. The only remaining ship of this class is located at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE.

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Service in other Navies

As a part of Project Hula – a secret 1945 program that transferred 149 U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan – the U.S. Navy transferred 24 Admirable-class minesweepers to the Soviet Navy between May and August 1945. At least some of them saw action in the Soviet offensive against Japanese forces in Northeast Asia in August 1945. The Soviet Union never returned them to the United States.[2]

After World War II, the United States transferred Admirable-class minesweepers to the Republic of China Navy, the Republic of ChinaTemplate:'s Chinese Maritime Customs Service, the Republic of Korea Navy, the Republic of Vietnam Navy, and the Dominican, Mexican, Myanmar, and Philippine navies.

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Soviet Navy Rear Admiral Boris Dmitrievich Popov, commander of the 5th Independent Brigade of Soviet Navy Ships at Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, speaks aboard an unidentified Admirable-class minesweeper at Cold Bay on 21 or 22 May 1945 during the ceremony transferring the ship from the United States Navy to the Soviet Navy in the secret Project Hula training-and-transfer program.

Production

  • Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, FL (24)
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Engines

  • Two 855shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. (30)
    • AM-136 ... AM-165
  • Two 855shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts (84)
    • AM-214 ... AM-226, AM-232 ... AM-235, AM-240 ... AM-242
    • AM-246 ... AM-291, AM-294 ... AM-311
  • Two 855shp Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel engines, Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts (9)
    • AM-356, AM-357, AM-359, AM-361 ... AM-366
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See also

References

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  2. ↑ Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, Template:ISBN, pp. 12, 35, 37–38, 39.
  3. ↑ individual ship NavSource pages. Two 1,710shp engines is assumed to be incorrectly summed

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External links

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