USS Triumph (AM-323)
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 United States
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| Name: | HMS Espoir (BAM-23) |
| Builder: | Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 27 October 1942 |
| Renamed: | USS Triumph (AM-323), 23 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 25 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 3 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 January 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 28 February 1952 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-323, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 August 1955 |
| Reclassified: | MMC-3, 4 December 1959 |
| Struck: | 1 March 1961 |
| Honours and awards: |
6 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Norway, 27 January 1961 |
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 Norway
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| Name: | HNoMS Brage (N49) |
| Acquired: | 27 January 1961 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length: | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
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USS Triumph (AM-323) was a World War II Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
The ship was laid down as HMS Espoir (BAM-23) for the Royal Navy on 27 October 1942 at Seattle, Washington, by the Associated Shipbuilding Corp. The ship was taken over by the United States Navy in late 1942 or early 1943; named USS Triumph and designated AM-323 on 23 January 1943. It was launched on 25 February 1943; and commissioned on 3 February 1944 with Lt. Comdr. Carl R. Cunningham, Jr., USNR, in command.
In 1961 it was transferred to the Norwegian Navy and served as Brage until 1978
Following outfitting at Seattle, Washington, and shakedown training along the California coast, Triumph stood out of San Francisco, California, on 1 May as a unit in the escort of an Oahu-bound convoy. She arrived in Pearl Harbor on the 10th and, after a five-day layover, joined the screen of a convoy bound for the Marshall Islands. She entered the lagoon at Majuro on 25 May; two days later, headed back to Hawaii with 24 passengers embarked; and reached Pearl Harbor on 2 June. She got underway again late in the month to escort another convoy to the Marshalls. She reentered Pearl Harbor on 16 July and prepared for her first deployment in the combat zone.
On 12 August, Triumph stood out of Pearl Harbor with a convoy bound initially for the Solomon Islands. The minesweeper arrived at Florida Island near Guadalcanal on 24 August and conducted minesweeping rehearsals in the Russell Islands to prepare for the invasion of the Palaus.
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