US Army Mine Craft (WWII)
(MP, JMP, L, M) Built During WWII
The records of mine craft being built for the Army are a bit murky.
Name | Builder | Location | Built | Notes | |
MP-1 | Gen Henry Knox | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Picket (ACM-8), to USCG 1946 as Willow (WLB-332), struck 1969, crab processing plant Royal Alaskan |
MP-2 | Col Henry J. Hunt | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Bastion (ACM-6), to USCG 1946 as Jonquil (WLB-330), struck 1969 |
MP-3 | Col George Armistead | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Barbican (ACM-5), to USCG 1946 as Ivy (WLB-329), sold 1948 to Foss, Agnes Foss |
MP-4 | Gen Samuel L. Mills | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | sold 1960 |
MP-5 | 1LT William G. Sylvester | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Obstructor (ACM-7), to USCG 1946 as Heather (WLB-331), struck 1967 |
MP-6 | BG-Henry L. Abbott | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | later cargo ship 1951, Neptune 1969, sank 1975 |
MP-7 | MG Wallace F. Randolph | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Nausett (ACM-15), sold 1961 as Sea Searcher, Thunderbolt, reefed 1986 off Marathon FL |
MP-8 | Col John Story | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Barricade (ACM-3), to USCG 1946 as Magnolia (WLB-328), sold 1971 as Galaxy, burned and sank 2002 |
MP-9 | MG Arthur Murray | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Trapper (ACM-9), to USCG 1946 as Yamacraw (WLB-333), to USN 1959 as ARC-5, scrapped 1967 |
MP-10 | MG Erasmus Weaver | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Canonicus (ACM-12), sold 1948, New Jersey 1963 |
MP-11 | Maj Samuel Ringgold | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1942 | to USN 1944 as Monadnock (ACM-14), sold 1960 as Tahiti, Amazonia 1983, Dear 1984, Maxim's Des Mers 1986 |
MP-12 | BG-Royal T. Frank | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1943 | to USN 1944 as Camanche (ACM-11), sold 1948, Pilgrim 1961, Cape Cod |
MP-13 | Col Alfred A. Maybach | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1943 | to USN 1944 as Puritan (ACM-16), sold 1961 |
MP-14 | Col Horace F. Spurgin | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1943 | to USN 1944 as Miantonomoh (ACM-13), sold 1960 as Nautilus, Aleutian Mist, New Star 1991, scrapped 2013 |
MP-15 | Col Charles W. Bundy | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1943 | to USN 1944 as Chimo (ACM-1), sold 1948, tuna seiner Day Island 1963 |
MP-16 | Col George Ricker | Marietta Manufacturing | Point Pleasant WV | 1943 | to USN 1944 as Planter (ACM-2), sold 1948 to Foss, San Juan 1963, Purple Aster, Tiger Fish 2 |
JMP-63 | Stonington Yacht Basin | Stonington ME | 1943 | later research vessel Ranger II, then Inland Seas | |
JMP-64 | Stonington Yacht Basin | Stonington ME | 1943 | later research vessel Yellowfin | |
JMP-70 | Stowman Shipyard | Dorchester NJ | 1943 | to USN as YMP-1 | |
L-64-67 | Luders Marine | Stamford CT | 9/1940 - 12/1940 | ||
L-68-72 | Spedden Shipbuilding | Baltimore MD | 1/1942 - 3/1942 | ||
L-73-77 | Dubuque Boiler Works | Dubuque IA | 11/1941 - 1/1942 | ||
L-78-83 | Luders Marine | Stamford CT | 10/1941 - 12/1941 | ||
L-84-87 | Allen boat | Harvey LA | 11/1941 - 12/1941 | ||
L-88-91 | Calumet Shipyard | Chicago IL | 11/1941 - 12/1941 | ||
L-92-95 | Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay WI | 11/1941 | ||
L-96-99 | Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay WI | 3/1942 - 4/1942 | ||
L-100-101 | Dubuque Boiler Works | Dubuque IA | 4/1942 | ||
L-105-112 | Calumet Shipyard | Chicago IL | 3/1943 - 5/1943 | ||
M-178-193 | Hinckley & Co. | Southwest Harbor ME | 1/1943 - 3/1943 | ||
M-296-299 | Palmer Scott | New Bedford MA | 1940 | ||
M-300-303 | Southwest boat | Southwest Harbor ME | 1940 | ||
M-304-306 | Palmer Scott | New Bedford MA | 1941 | ||
M-307-314 | Southwest boat | Southwest Harbor ME | 1/1941 - 2/1941 | ||
M-315-322 | Palmer Scott | New Bedford MA | 1/1941 | ||
M-323-346 | Wheeler Shipbuilding | Brooklyn NY | 11/1940 - 3/1941 | ||
M-347-351 | Southwest boat | Southwest Harbor ME | 3/1941 | ||
M-352-356 | Palmer Scott | New Bedford MA | 3/1941 | ||
M-357-373 | Richardson boat | Tonawanda NY | 10/1941 - 11/1941 | ||
M-374-392 | Richardson boat | Tonawanda NY | 3/1942 - 4/1942 | ||
M-397-415 | Hinckley & Co. | Southwest Harbor ME | 11/1942 - 12/1942 | ||
M-456-467 | Hinckley & Co. | Southwest Harbor ME | 8/1942 | ||
M-480-489 | Motor Boat Marina | Seattle WA | 3/1943 - 4/1943 |