 During Project Hula, the United States secretly transferred 31 of them to the Soviet Union between 17 May and 3 September 1945, and some of these saw action in the Soviet Navy during Soviet military operations against the Japanese between 9 August and 5 September 1945.The transfer of five more was canceled when transfers halted on 5 September 1945.One, "T-610" (ex-), sank in 1945 while in Soviet service, and the Soviet Union transferred two, "T-605" (ex-) and "T-611" (ex-), to the People's Republic of China after striking them from the Soviet Navy list in 1955; during 1955 and 1956 the other 28 were scrapped by the Soviet Union or destroyed off its coast by mutual agreement between the two countries.