USS Candid (AM-154)

USS "Candid" (AM-154) was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the Pacific Ocean before being given to the Soviets under the lend-lease program.

She was launched 14 October 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 31 October 1943, Lieutenant E. G. Bemis, USNR, in command.

World War II Pacific Ocean operations

"Candid" sailed from San Francisco, California on 28 February 1944 for duty in Alaskan waters. Called upon to escort convoys and conduct patrols as well as to sweep for mines she sailed through stormy waters to fog-bound Aleutian ports, supporting U.S. Army units on the isolated islands and backing up naval attacks on the Kurile Islands of northern Japan. She returned to San Francisco 18 August, and two weeks later got underway for the Marshall Islands for operations there and in the Marianas providing essential local escort services as the consolidation of these islands and their development as bases for naval and air strikes against the Japanese continued.

Transfer to the Soviet Navy

On 16 April 1945, she cleared for Seattle, Washington, and an overhaul, after which she sailed to Cold Bay, Alaska, to train Russian seamen. "Candid" was decommissioned 16 August 1946 and transferred to the USSR under lend-lease the next day. It is believed that the ship was scrapped by the Soviets in 1956. She was struck from the US Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1983.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* Patrol boat
* Minelayer

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02154.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Candid (MSF 154) - ex-AM-154 - ex-AMc-131]