U.S. Army Mine Craft - MP, L and M


WWII Construction

A total of 219 mine craft of various types were built for the U.S. Army by 15 shipbuilders and boatbuilders.

Shipbuilder Location Type # Design # Steel or Wood Length (ft.) Delivery Disposition
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 1 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "BG Henry L. Abbott", sold private, sank 1975
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 2 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "COL George Armistead", to USN 1944 as "Barbican" (ACM 5), to USCG 1946 as "Ivy" (WLB 329), sold private 1948
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 3 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "COL Henry J. Hunt", to USN 1944 as "Bastion" (ACM 6), to USCG 1946 as "Jonquil" (WLB 330), decommissioned 1969
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 4 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "COL John Story", to USN 1944 as "Barricade" (ACM 3), to USCG 1946 as "Magnolia" (WLB 328), sold private 1971, sank 2002
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 5 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "1LT William G. Sylvester", to USN 1944 as "Obstructor" (ACM 7), to USCG 1946 as "Heather" (WLB 331), decommissioned 1967
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 6 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "GEN Henry Knox", to USN 1944 as "Picket" (ACM 8), to USCG 1946 as "Willow" (WLB 332), decommissioned 1969
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 7 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "GEN Samuel L. Mills", to USN 1944 as "Miantanomah" (ACM 13), scrapped 1961
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 8 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "MG Arthur Murray", to USN 1944 as "Trapper" (ACM 9), to USCG 1946 as "Yamacraw" (WLB 333), to USN 1959 as ARC 5, decommissioned 1965
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 9 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "MG Erasmus Weaver", to USN 1944 as "Canonicus" (ACM 12), sold private 1948
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 10 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "MG Wallace F. Randolph", to USN 1944 as "Nausett" (ACM 15), sold private 1961
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 11 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "MAJ Samuel Ringgold", to USN 1944 as "Monadnock" (ACM 14), struck 1960
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 12 201 S 189 4/42-12/42 "BG Royal T. Frank", to USN 1944 as "Camanche" (ACM 11), sold private 1948
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 13 201 S 189 2/43-5/43 "COL Alfred A. Maybach", to USN 1944 as "Puritan" (ACM 16), sold private 1961
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 14 201 S 189 2/43-5/43 "COL Charles W. Bundy", to USN 1944 as "Chimo" (ACM 1), sold private 1948
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 15 201 S 189 2/43-5/43 "COL George Ricker", to USN 1944 as "Planter" (ACM 2), sold private 1948
Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV MP 16 201 S 189 2/43-5/43 "COL Horace F. Spurgin"
Stonington Yacht Basin Stonington ME JMP 63   W 114 1943 Later research vessel "Ranger II", then "Inland Seas"
Stonington Yacht Basin Stonington ME JMP 64   W 114 1943 Later research vessel "Yellowfin"
Stowman Shipyard Dorchester NJ JMP 70   W 114 1943 To USN as YMP 1
Luders Marine Stamford CT L 64-67 189 S 64 9/40-12/40  
Spedden Shipbuilding Baltimore MD L 68-72 209 S 64 1/42-3/42  
Dubuque Boiler Works Dubuque IA L 73-77 209 S 64 11/41-1/42  
Luders Marine Stamford CT L 78-83 209 S 64 10/41-12/41  
Allen Boat Harvey LA L 84-87 209 S 64 11/41-12/41  
Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL L 88-91 209 S 64 11/41-12/41  
Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI L 92-95 209 S 64 11/41  
Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI L 96-99 209 S 64 3/42-4/42  
Dubuque Boiler Works Dubuque IA L 100-101 209 S 64 4/42  
Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL L 105-112 209