USS Puritan (ACM-16)
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| 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 an auxiliary minelayer in the United States Navy. 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]
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Puritan was originally the U.S. 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] Disposal
She was struck from the Navy List in 1959 and sold in 1961.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ship Naming in the United States Navy". Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships -- The Ghost Fleet. http://patriot.net/~eastlnd2/army-amps.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Puritan". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p13/puritan-v.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ a b "US NAVY INACTIVE CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS". Naval Vessel Register (NVR). U.S. Navy. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/oldclass.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Puritan (MMA 16) ex-ACM-16 ex-USAMP Colonel Alfred A. Maybach". NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0116.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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