As a part of
Project Hula – a secret 1945 program that transferred 149 U.S. Navy ships to the
Soviet Navy at
Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, in anticipation of the
Soviet Union joining the
war against Japan – the U.S. Navy transferred 24
Admirable-class minesweepers to the Soviet Navy between May and August 1945. At least some of them saw action in the
Soviet offensive against Japanese forces in
Northeast Asia in August 1945. The Soviet Union never returned them to the United States. After World War II, the United States transferred
Admirable-class minesweepers to the
Republic of China Navy, the Republic of Chinas
Chinese Maritime Customs Service, the
Republic of Korea Navy, the
Republic of Vietnam Navy, and the
Dominican,
Mexican,
Myanmar, and
Philippine navies. survives as a
museum ship on dry land in
Omaha, Nebraska. was a museum ship on the
Mississippi River in
St. Louis, until she sank during the
Great Flood of 1993. was scuttled off the coast of
Cozumel, Mexico in 1999. It is now a popular site for
scuba diving.
Rear Admiral Boris Dmitrievich Popov, commander of the 5th Independent Brigade of Soviet Navy Ships at
Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska, speaks aboard an unidentified
Admirable-class
minesweeper at Cold Bay on 21 or 22 May 1945 during the ceremony transferring the ship from the
United States Navy to the Soviet Navy in the secret
Project Hula training-and-transfer program. ==Production==