HMS Tourmaline (J339)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tourmaline (J339)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down	1 January 1942, as Usage (AM-130)
Launched	4 October 1942
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;
History
Turkey
Name	TCG Çardak (M507)
Decommissioned	1974
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Catherine-class minesweeper
Displacement	890 long tons (904 t)
Length	221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 × 40 mm guns; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

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.

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