USS Capable (AM-155)

History
United States
Name	USS Capable (AMc-132)
Builder	Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon
Reclassified	AM-155, 21 February 1942
Laid down	12 May 1942
Launched	16 October 1942
Commissioned	5 December 1943
Decommissioned	17 August 1945
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 17 August 1945
Reclassified	MSF-155, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 January 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name	T-339
Acquired	17 August 1945
Commissioned	17 August 1945
Fate	Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class and 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 Capable (AM-155) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Union and then served in the Soviet Navy as T-339.

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