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HMS ''Tourmaline'' (J339) was a of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originally planned as USS ''Usage'' (AM-130), of the United States Navy's , she was transferred to the United Kingdom under
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Career

''Usage'' was laid down on 1 January 1942 at
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, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 4 October 1942; and transferred to the United Kingdom under
lend-lease Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, ...
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
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for disposition. Sold to Turkey, she served with the Turkish Navy under the name ''Çardak'' until 1974.


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U-boat.net - USS ''Usage'' (AM 130)
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