| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Admirable |
| Pennant | AM 250 |
| Built by | Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 2 May 1942 |
| Laid down | 29 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 12 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 26 Jun 1944 |
| End service | 20 May 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 20 May 1945 at Cold Bay, Alaska and transferred to the Soviet Union being renamed T-273. |
Commands listed for USS Indicative (AM 250)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Edgar Albert Comee, USNR | 26 Jun 1944 | 20 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Indicative include:
8 Dec 1944
Giovanni da Procida (T.V.(Lt.) F. Castracane Degli Antelminelli) and five out of six ships of Escort Division 4, the destroyer escorts USS Pillsbury (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Cassleman, USNR, with COMCORTDIV 4, T/Cdr. F.S. Hall, USN on board), USS Flaherty (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Duff, USNR), USS Frederick C. Davis (Lt. J.R. Crosby, USNR), USS Chatelain (Lt.Cdr. D.S. Knox, USNR) and USS Neunzer (Lt.Cdr. V.E. Gex, USNR) were already at sea having conducted A/S exercises.
The escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (T/Capt. B.C. McCaffree, USN, also COMTASKGR 22.7) and he 6th destroyer escort of Escort Division 4, USS Pope (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Montgomery, USNR) departed Bermuda to join the exercises which lasted to the 11th of December.
USS PCE-846 (Lt. F.D. Andruss, USNR), the close escort for the submarine was detached for other duties in the morning of the 8th. The minesweeper USS Indicative (Lt. E.A. Comee, USNR) sailed from Bermuda to take over the close escort duties of the submarine.
On completion of the exercises late in the evening USS Pope parted company to escort USS R-9 back to port. Early on the 7th, a crewmember of USS R-9 was lost overboard. A search was undertaken but he was not found.
The remaining ships of Escort Division 4 remained at sea.