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Palisade (AM 270)

Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Tare - Charlie

Palisade served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 21 September 1942 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL.; Launched, 26 June 1943; Commissioned USS Palisade (AM 270), 9 March 1944; Decommissioned, 21 May 1946 at Cold Bay, AK; Transfered to the Soviet Union 22 May 1945 as T-278; Reportedly sunk off Kham Island, Korea, 14/15 August 1945 by mines previously laid by U.S. aircraft.

Specifications: Displacement 945 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts.; Complement 104; Armament one 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	98k	25 April 1944 Norfolk Navy Yard She is wearing Measure 16 - Thayer System colors U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Floating Drydock from "Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference", by David Williams		Robert Hurst

View the Palisade (AM 270)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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