USS Triumph (AM-323)

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History
United States
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
Stricken	1 March 1961
Honours and awards	6 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Norway, 27 January 1961
History
Norway
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
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm guns 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × Depth charge tracks

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.

In 1961 it was transferred to the Norwegian Navy and served as Brage until 1978