USS Monadnock (ACM-14)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Monadnock (ACM-10).
Career
Name: USAMP Major Samuel Ringgold (MP 11) for U.S. Army, ACM-14, Monadnock
Builder: Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, West Virginia for U.S. Army
Acquired: by the US Navy, March 1951
Renamed: Monadnock, 1 May 1955
Reclassified: MMA-14, 7 February 1955
Struck: 1 July 1960
Fate: Struck – Sold commercial
General characteristics
Class and type:ACM-11 class minelayer
Displacement:910 long tons (925 t) light
Length:189 ft (58 m)
Beam:37 ft (11 m)
Draft:12 ft (3.7 m)
Speed:12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:125

Monadnock (ACM-14) was originally built as an M1 mine planter[1] for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service as USAMP Major Samuel Ringgold (MP 11)[2] by the Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, WV and delivered to the Army December 1942.[3] The ship was named for Samuel Ringgold (1796–1846), an officer noted as the "Father of Modern Artillery" that fell in the Mexican-American War.

The mine planter was transferred to the U.S. Navy in March 1951 to become an Auxiliary Minelayer (ACM / MMA) under naval designation. She was then berthed at Boston as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. While in the Reserve Fleet, she was redesignated MMA-14, 7 February 1955, and named Monadnock, 1 May 1955; the second ACM to bear this name.[4] The ship was never commissioned and thus never bore the "USS" prefix. Monadnock was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1960 and sold to commercial interests. In commercial service the ship was named Thiti, Amazonia and eventually Dear operating into the 1980s under Italian registry.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships – The Ghost Fleet. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Monadnock (MMA 14) ex-ACM-14 ex-USAMP Major Samuel Ringgold (MP 11)". NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Shipbuilding History – U.S. Army Mine Craft – MP, L and M". Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Monadnock (ACM 14) (see after Monadnock (ACM 10))". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.