USS Augury (AM-149)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Augury (AMc-126) |
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
| Reclassified: | AM-149, 21 February 1942 |
| Laid down: | 7 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Helen K. MacLean |
| Commissioned: | 17 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 19 July 1945 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-149, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1983 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | T-334 |
| Acquired: | 19 July 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × depth charge tracks |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | U.S. Pacific Fleet (1943-1945) Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet (1945-1960) |
USS Augury (AM-149) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1943 to 1945. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Navy, in which she served as T-334.
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