US Army Mine Craft (pre-WWII)
(MP, JMP) Built Before WWII
Most recent update: April 8, 2017.
The records of mine craft being built for the Army are a bit murky.
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| Name | Builder | Location | Tons | Built | Notes | |
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| MP | Jessup | |||||
| MP-976 | Col. George Armistead | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 447 | 1904 | later Mary Foss 1935, to USN 1942 as Dekanawida (YT-334), Agnes Foss 1947, Celtic 1972, deleted 1987 |
| MP-977 | Maj. Samuel Ringgold | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 447 | 1904 | later Sea Salvor 1924, scrapped 1948 |
| MP-978 | Gen. Henry Knox | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 447 | 1904 | later Chan Hing 1926, Vincent Davin 1931, wrecked in Annam 1937 |
| MP-979 | Col. Henry J. Hunt | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 447 | 1904 | |
| JMP-159 | Gen. Robert Anderson | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1908 | presumed scrapped after WWII |
| JMP-160 | Gen. Richard Arnold | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1908 | lost 1942 |
| JMP-161 | Gen. R. B. Ayres | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1908 | later H R Carter 1932, General Patrick W Guiney 1938, scrapped 1955 |
| JMP-162 | Gen. J. M. Brannan | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1908 | later Frank W Spencer, Charles H Harper, abandoned 1979 |
| JMP-163 | Gen. Harvey Brown | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1909 | later Vulcan 1923, Vivian Powell 1942 |
| JMP-164 | Gen. G. W. Getty | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1909 | deleted before WWII |
| JMP-165 | Gen. R. H. Jackson | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1909 | later Three Bros 1938, Fort Sumter 194x |
| JMP-166 | Gen. A. M. Randol | Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 153 | 1909 | presumed scrapped after WWII |
| JMP- | Capt. Gregory Barrett | Willamette Iron & Steel | Portland OR | 153 | 1909 | later Gordon 1918, Mathilda Foss 1936, to USN 1942 as Skenandoa (YT-336), Mathilda Foss 1946, Roxanne, sank 1978 |
| JMP- | Capt. James Fornance | Willamette Iron & Steel | Portland OR | 153 | 1909 | |
| MP-335 | Gen. E. O. C. Ord | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 590 | 1909 | scrapped 1948 |
| MP-75 | Gen. Samuel M. Mills | New York SB | Camden NJ | 590 | 1909 | later Pequot (WARC-58), sold 1947 |
| MP-76 | Gen. John M. Schofield | New York SB | Camden NJ | 590 | 1909 | |
| MP-77 | Gen. Royal T. Frank | New York SB | Camden NJ | 590 | 1909 | |
| MP-114 | Joseph Henry | Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 601 | 1909 | built for the Signal Corps, Thalis O. Milissios 1946, preserved in Piraeus 1983 |
| MP-194 | Gen. William M. Graham | New York SB | Camden NJ | 641 | 1917 | later Panama City 1947, scrapped 1948 |
| MP- | Col. George F. E. Harrison | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | |
| MP- | Gen. Absalom Baird | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | |
| MP- | Gen. J. Franklin Bell | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | scrapped 1948 |
| MP- | Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1924 as Ilex, sold 1947, burned in Newfoundland 1948 |
| MP- | Gen. Wallace F. Randolph | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1927 as Lupine, sold 1947 |
| MP- | Gen. John P. Story | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1927 as Acacia, sunk by u-boat 1942 |
| MP- | Col. Albert Todd | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1924 as Lotus, sold 1946 |
| MP- | Col. Garland N. Whistler | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1923 as Spruce, sold 1946 |
| MP- | Col. John V. White | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 704 | 1919 | to USLHS 1927 as Speedwell, sold 1947 as Santa Patricia, scrapped 1956 |
| JMP- | Col. Card | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 535 | 1919 | later Mackinaw City 1923, Brig. Gen. William E. Horton 1940, scrapped 1954 |
| JMP- | Col. Pond | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 535 | 1919 | later Saint Ignace 1923, Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Yates 1940, scrapped 1954 |
| JMP- | Col. Clayton | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 535 | 1919 | converted to a clubhouse 1954 |
| JMP- | Gen. Rochester | Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | 535 | 1919 | later Michael J. Perkins 1923, scrapped 1950 |
| JMP- | Capt. Samuel C. Cardwell | Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | 177 | 1919 | to USPHS 1923, scrapped 1934 |
| JMP- | Lt. Harold B. Douglas | Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | 177 | 1919 | sold 1924 to Cary Davis Tug & Barge as Douglas, abandoned 1956 |
| JMP- | Capt. Edwin C. Long | Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | 177 | 1919 | to USLHS 1922 as Sundew, sold 1941 to Atlantic Tug, scrapped 1959 |
| JMP- | Capt. Edward P. Nones | Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | 177 | 1919 | sold to Panamanian interests 1932 |
| JMP- | Capt. Fred L. Perry | Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | 177 | 1919 | sold to Reinauer Yachts 1934, to Merritt-Chapman 1943 as barge Consort, scrapped 1947 |
| JMP-51 | Col. Robert G. Gildart | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | |
| JMP-52 | Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | |
| JMP-53 | Maj. Carl A. Lohr | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | |
| JMP-54 | Maj. Lester E. Moreton | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | sold 1929 as J. J. Kinyoun |
| JMP-55 | Maj. Albert G. Jenkins | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | sold to Oil Transport Co. 1951 as tug Bayou Plaquemine, Courier 1966, scrapped 1972 |
| JMP-56 | Maj. William P. Pence | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | later Helen Miller 1938, Jane Frank 1963 |
| JMP-57 | Maj. Clarence M. Condon | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | |
| JMP-58 | Maj. John W. McKie | Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 170 | 1921 | sold to Inland Waterways Corp. 1932, abandoned 1940 |
| MP-435 | Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 840 | 1937 | sold to Marine Acoustical Services 1965 as F. V. Hunt, reefed in the Florida Keys 1985 |