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

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