Allied Warships

USS Penetrate (AM 271)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 271 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down5 Jan 1943 
Launched11 Sep 1943 
Commissioned31 Mar 1944 
End service21 May 1945 
History

Decommissioned 21 May 1945 at Cold Bay, Alaska and transfered to the Soviet Union the following day being renamed T-280.

 

Commands listed for USS Penetrate (AM 271)

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1Morris Samuel Lazaron, Jr., USNR31 Mar 194421 May 1945

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