The USS Barrier (AM-150) was an Admirable-class minesweeper constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa, Florida, with her keel laid on December 7, 1942. The vessel was launched on February 23, 1943, and commissioned on May 10, 1944. As an Admirable-class minesweeper, she was designed for minesweeping operations, featuring a displacement of approximately 650 tons, a length of about 184 feet, a beam of 33 feet, and a top speed of around 15 knots, equipped with minesweeping gear suitable for her wartime duties. Following her commissioning, Barrier underwent fitting out and shakedown training before transiting the Panama Canal in late July 1944. By early August, she arrived in San Francisco, California, and subsequently began operations in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. Throughout the next 11 months, she performed convoy escort and minesweeping duties in the Aleutian Islands, crucial for maintaining safe passage in this strategically important region during the war. In 1945, Barrier was selected for transfer to the Soviet Navy under Project Hula, a secret program facilitating the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Union in anticipation of their entry into the war against Japan. After training her Soviet crew at Cold Bay, Alaska, she was decommissioned from U.S. service on July 19, 1945, and transferred immediately to the Soviet Union, where she was renamed T-335 and classified as a "tralshik" (minesweeper). She then served in the Soviet Far East, based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The vessel was scrapped in 1956 by the Soviet Union. Although the U.S. Navy kept her listed on the Naval Vessel Register until January 1, 1983, it was unaware of her fate. The USS Barrier's service highlights the wartime cooperation between the U.S. and Soviet navies and reflects the broader strategic movements during World War II and the early Cold War period.

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