USS Caution (AM-158)

USS "Caution" (AM-158) 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 7 December 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon; commissioned 10 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander F. G. Crane, USNR, in command, and reported to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

World War II Pacific Ocean operations

Clearing San Francisco, California, 21 April 1944, "Caution" arrived at Pearl Harbor 1 May. Until 1 August, she escorted convoys from Pearl Harbor to Majuro and Eniwetok; then sailed to Saipan, arriving 25 August. Assigned to the Saipan-Tinian Patrol and Escort Group, "Caution" also guarded convoys to Eniwetok and back to the Marianas. On 5 April 1945, she cleared Eniwetok for Portland, Oregon, and overhaul.

Transfer to the Soviet Union

"Caution" arrived at Cold Bay, Alaska on 11 July 1945 to train a Russian crew. She was decommissioned 16 August 1945, and transferred under lend-lease to the Soviet Union as T-598. She is believed to have been scrapped in 1956. She was reclassified MSF-158 on 7 February 1955, and the U.S. Navy struck her from the Navy List on 1 January 1983.

References

See also

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

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02158.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Caution (MSF 158) - ex-AM-158 - ex-AMc-135]