MIRTH AM 265

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Admirable Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid July 31 1943 - Launched December 24 1943


1. USS MIRTH AM-265
Commissioned August 12 1944 - Decommissioned May 20 1945


2. T-277 (Soviet Union Naval Service)
Transferred to the Soviet Union May 21 1945


3. MIRTH MSF-265
Administratively reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955, while on loan

Scrapped in 1960 by the Soviet Union
Struck from the U.S. Navy Register 1 January 1983

 

Conflicting History Data

There is minor disagreement on what happened to the ship after its T-277 incarnation.

NavSource says:
"Transferred 24 June 1947 to the Ministry of Transport and converted into a whaling vessel.
Transferred to "Glavpromorrybprom" 7 August 1948 and named Monsoon"

Wikipedia says:
"...convert[ed] her into a naval trawler in 1948 and renam[ed] her Musson."

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

NO MIRTH POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Gaiety or merriment

 

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