Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Naval History Division • Washington

USS Caution (AM-158)

To notify of danger or risk.

(AM-168: dp. 530; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 16 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3"; cl. Admirable)


Caution (AM-158) was launched 7 December 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, Oreg., commissioned 10 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander F. G. Crane, USNR, in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

Clearing San Francisco 21 April 1944, Caution arrived at Pearl Harbor 1 May. Until 1 August, she escorted convoys from Pearl Harbor to Majuro and Eniwetok, then sailed to Saipan, arriving 25 August. Assigned to the Saipan Tinian Patrol and Escort Group, Caution also guarded convoys to Eniwetok and back to the Marianas. On 5 April 1945, she cleared Eniwetok for Portland, Oreg., and overhaul.

Caution arrived at Cold Bay, Alaska, 11 July 1945 to train a Russian crew. She was decommissioned 16 August 1945, and transferred under lend-lease to the Soviet Union, in whose custody she remains. She was reclassified MSF- 158 on 7 February 1955.


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