USS Indicative (AM-250)

USS "Indicative" (AM-250) was an "Admirable"-class minesweeper 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 North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean where she was turned over to the Soviet Union under terms of the lend-lease program then in effect.

"Indicative", a steel-hulled minesweeper, was laid down September 29, 1943 by Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; launched September 12, 1943; sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Smith; and commissioned June 26, 1944, Lt. E. A. Comee in command.

World War II North Atlantic operations

Following shakedown and a training period at Little Creek, Virginia, "Indicative" sailed August 19, 1944 for antisubmarine exercises off Bermuda. She then took up regular duties as a convoy escort vessel between U.S. ports and Bermuda, helping to counter the German submarine menace in the western Atlantic.

Transfer to the Pacific Fleet

The minesweeper departed New York February 5, 1945 and steamed by way of the Panama Canal Zone and the U.S. West Coast ports to Cold Bay, Alaska, arriving April 4, 1945.

Transfer to the Soviet Union

With other minecraft, she was transferred to Russia under Lend-Lease the next day. She was not returned after the war. Serving the Soviet Navy as T-278, "Indicative" was mined and sunk off North Korea in May 1945.

References

ee also

* List of United States Navy ships
* World War II
* Patrol boat
* Minelayer
* Minesweeper

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02250.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - "Indicative" (AM-250)]