USS Mirth

History
United States
NameUSS Mirth (AM-265)
BuilderAmerican Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down31 July 1943
Launched24 December 1943
Sponsored byMrs. B. E. Gathercoal
Commissioned12 August 1944
Decommissioned21 May 1945
FateTransferred to Soviet Union, 21 May 1945
ReclassifiedMSF-265, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
NameT-277
Acquired21 May 1945
Commissioned21 May 1945
RefitConverted to naval trawler, 1948
RenamedMusson, 1948
FateScrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmirable-class minesweeper
Displacement650 tons
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion
Speed14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
Service record
Part of:

USS Mirth (AM-265) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1945. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Union and served in the Soviet Navy after that as T-277. The Soviets converted her into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Musson.