Soviet minesweeper T-120

History
United States
Name	USS Assail (AMc-123)
Builder	Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Reclassified	AM-147, 21 February 1942
Laid down	1 November 1942
Launched	27 December 1942
Completed	5 October 1943
Fate	Transferred to the USSR, 5 October 1943
Reclassified	MSF-147, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name	T-120
Acquired	5 October 1943
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 24 September 1944
General characteristics
Class and 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 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3-inch/50-caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks

T-120 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War. She had originally been built as USS Assail (AM-147), 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-120; she was never returned to the United States. T-120 was sunk by U-739 in the Kara Sea in September 1944. 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

Assail was laid down on 1 November 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 December 1942; sponsored by Miss M. T. Hicks; and completed on 5 October 1943. She was transferred to the Soviet Union on the day she was completed under the lend-lease program, and she served the Soviet Navy as T-120 until she was torpedoed and sunk 24 September 1944 in the Kara Sea by German submarine U-739.

Never returned, Assail was carried on the American Naval Vessel Register as MSF-147 after 7 February 1955 until struck on 1 January 1983.

References

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

External links

• NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive – Assail (MSF 147) – ex-AM-147 – ex-AMc-124

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Admirable-class minesweepers

Completed	Admirable Adopt Advocate Agent Alarm Alchemy Apex Arcade Arch Armada Aspire Assail Astute Augury Barrier Bombard Bond Buoyant Candid Capable Captivate Caravan Caution Change Clamour Climax Compel Concise Control Counsel Crag Creddock Cruise Deft Delegate Density Design Device Diploma Dipper Disdain Dour Dunlin Eager Elusive Embattle Execute Facility Fancy Fixity Gadwall Garland Gavia Gayety Graylag Harlequin Harrier Hazard Hilarity Implicit Improve Inaugural Incessant Incredible Indicative Inflict Instill Intrigue Invade Jubilant Knave Lance Logic Lucid Magnet Mainstay Marvel Measure Method Mirth Nimble Notable Nucleus Opponent Palisade Penetrate Peril Phantom Pinnacle Pirate Pivot Pledge Prime Project Prowess Quest Rampart Ransom Rebel Recruit Reform Refresh Reign Report Salute Saunter Scout Scrimmage Scuffle Sentry Serene Shelter Signet Skirmish Skurry Spectacle Specter Staunch Strategy Strength Success Superior
Canceled	Albatross Bluebird Bullfinch Cardinal Embroil Enhance Equity Esteem Event Firecrest Flame Flicker Fortify Goldfinch Grackle Grosbeak Grouse Gull Hawk Hummer Hummer Illusive Imbue Impervious Jackdaw Jackdaw Kite Linnet Longspur Magpie Merganser Minah Osprey Parrakeet Partridge Pipit Plover Redhead Reproof Risk Rival Sagacity Sanderling Scaup Sentinel Shearwater Waxbill
Converted	Ampere/ex-Drake

 Soviet Navy
Lend-Lease

• T-111 (ex-Advocate)
• T-112 (ex-Agent)
• T-113 (ex-Alarm)
• T-114 (ex-Alchemy)
• T-115 (ex-Apex)
• T-116 (ex-Arcade)
• T-117 (ex-Arch)
• T-118 (ex-Armada)
• T-119 (ex-Aspire)
• T-120 (ex-Assail)
• T-271 (ex-Fancy)
• T-272 (ex-Marvel)
• T-273 (ex-Measure)
• T-274 (ex-Method)
• T-275 (ex-Mirth)
• T-276 (ex-Nucleus)
• T-277 (ex-Disdain)
• T-278 (ex-Indicative)
• T-279 (ex-Palisade)
• T-280 (ex-Penetrate)
• T-281 (ex-Peril)
• T-282 (ex-Rampart)
• T-521 (ex-Admirable)
• T-522 (ex-Adopt)
• T-523 (ex-Astute)
• T-524 (ex-Augury)
• T-525 (ex-Barrier)
• T-526 (ex-Bombard)
• T-593 (ex-Bond)
• T-594 (ex-Candid)
• T-595 (ex-Capable)
• T-596 (ex-Captivate)
• T-597 (ex-Caravan)
• T-598 (ex-Caution)

Post-World War II operators
Republic of China Navy	Yung Chang (ex-Refresh) Yung Chia (ex-Implicit) Yung Feng (ex-Prime) Yung Ho (ex-Delegate) Yung Hsiu (ex-Pinnacle) Yung Ming (ex-Phantom) Yung Ning (ex-Magnet) Yung Sheng (ex-Lance) Yung Shou (ex-Pivot) Yung Shun (ex-Logic) Yung Ting (ex-Lucid) ex-Buoyant ex-Nimble ex-Reform
Chinese Maritime Customs Service	Yung Chun (ex-Gavia) Yung Hsing (ex-Embattle) Yung Kang (ex-Elusive) ex-Dunlin ex-Notable
Dominican Navy	Prestol Botello / Separación (ex-Skirmish) Tortuguero (ex-Signet)
Republic of Korea Navy	Kojin (ex-Report)
Mexican Navy	DM-01 / General Miguel Negrete (ex-Jubilant) DM-02 (ex-Hilarity) DM-03 / General Juan N. Méndez (ex-Execute) DM-04 (1962) (ex-Facility) DM-04 (1973) / General Manuel E. Rincón (ex-Specter) DM-05 / General Felipe Xicoténcatl (ex-Scuffle) DM-06 (ex-Eager) DM-07 (ex-Recruit) DM-08 (ex-Success) DM-09 (ex-Scout) DM-10 (ex-Instill) DM-11 / Cadete Agustín Melgar (ex-Device) DM-12 / Teniente Juan de la Barrera (ex-Ransom) DM-13 / Cadete Juan Escutia (ex-Knave) DM-14 /Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca (ex-Rebel) DM-15 (ex-Crag) DM-16 (ex-Dour) DM-17 / Cadete Francisco Márquez (ex-Diploma) DM-18 / General Ignacio Zaragoza (ex-Invade) DM-19 / Cadete Vicente Suárez (ex-Intrigue) DM-20 / Oceanográfico / General Pedro María Anaya / Aldebaran (ex-Harlequin)
Myanmar Navy	Yan Gyi Aung (ex-Creddock)
Philippine Navy part of Miguel Malvar class	Datu Tupas (ex-Chi Linh) Magat Salamat (ex-Chi Lang II) Pagasa (ex-Quest) Samar (ex-Project)
Republic of Vietnam Navy	Chi Lang II (ex-Gayety) Chi Linh (ex-Shelter) Ha Hoi (ex-Prowess) Ky Hoa (ex-Sentry) Nhut Tao (ex-Serene)

• Preceded by: Hawk class
• Followed by: Agile class

• List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy