English: The United States Navy auxiliary motor minesweeper when new. On 17 May 1945, during Project Hula, the United States transferred her to the Soviet Navy in which, as T-522, she took part in the Soviet conquest between 11 and 25 August 1945 of the Japanese province of Karafuto on southern Sakhalin Island. T-522 served in the Soviet Navy until stricken in July 1956.
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Scanned from Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN0-945274-35-1, page 29. Caption information from same source.
{{Information |Description = The United States Navy [[auxiliary motor minesweeper]] {{USS|YMS-143}} when new. On 17 May 1945, during [[Project Hula]], the United States transferred her to the Soviet Navy in which, as ''T-522'', she took part in the...
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