Name HMS Tourmaline (J339) Decommissioned 1974 Length 67 m Builder Chickasaw | Name TCG Çardak (M507) Launched 4 October 1942 Draft 3.28 m | |
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Laid down 1 January 1942, as Usage (AM-130) Completed 7 June 1943, and transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease Fate Returned to the US, January 1947
Transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission and sold to Turkey | ||
HMS Tourmaline (J339) was a Catherine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originally planned as USS Usage (AM-130), of the United States Navy's Auk class, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.
Career
Usage was laid down on 1 January 1942 at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 4 October 1942; and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease on 7 June 1943.
Usage served with the Royal Navy as HMS Tourmaline (J339) in the Atlantic Ocean in World War II. She was returned to United States custody in January 1947, struck from the Navy list, and transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposition. Sold to Turkey, she served with the Turkish Navy under the name Çardak until 1974.