USS Puritan (ACM-16)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Puritan.
Career
Name: Puritan
Launched: as USAMP Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13 for the US Army
Acquired: by the US Navy, 7 March 1951
Renamed: Puritan, 1 May 1955
Reclassified: ACM-16, 7 March 1951
MMA-16, 7 February 1955
Struck: 1959
Fate: Sold 1961
General characteristics
Class and type:ACM-11 class minelayer
Displacement:1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full
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:65
Armament:1 × 20 mm gun

Puritan (ACM-16/MMA-16) was built for the United States Army as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13. The ship was transferred to the United States Navy and classified as an auxiliary minelayer. Puritan was never commissioned and thus never bore the "United States Ship" (USS) prefix showing status as a commissioned ship of the U.S. Navy.[1]

Acquisition by the U.S. Navy

Puritan was originally the Army mine planter USAMP Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13.[2] Her transfer to the U.S. Navy was approved on 7 March 1951.[3]

Out of Commission Status

Upon transfer she was placed out of commission in reserve as the Auxiliary Mine Layer[4] ACM-16, assigned to the San Francisco Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. On 7 February 1955 she was reclassified as the Minelayer, Auxiliary[4] MMA-16. She was named Puritan effective 1 May 1955. She remained out of commission in reserve berthed at Mare Island.[3]

Disposal

She was struck from the Navy List in 1959 and sold in 1961.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ship Naming in the United States Navy". Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships – The Ghost Fleet. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Puritan". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "US NAVY INACTIVE CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS". Naval Vessel Register (NVR). U.S. Navy. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Puritan (MMA 16) ex-ACM-16 ex-USAMP Colonel Alfred A. Maybach". NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

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