Allied Warships

USS Fancy (AM 234)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 234 
Built byPuget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered12 Aug 1943 
Laid down12 May 1944 
Launched4 Sep 1944 
Commissioned13 Dec 1944 
End service20 May 1945 
History

Transferred to the Soviet Union 20 May 1945 and renamed T-271
She was officially out of commission the following day at Cold Bay, Alaska.

 

Commands listed for USS Fancy (AM 234)

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1T/Lt. Frank DeWitt Abbott, USN13 Dec 194420 May 1945

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