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USS Puritan (ACM-16)
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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 & 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]

Acquisition by the U.S. Navy[]

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]

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. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  2. "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships – The Ghost Fleet. http://patriot.net/~eastlnd2/army-amps.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "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. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "US NAVY INACTIVE CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS". Naval Vessel Register (NVR). U.S. Navy. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/oldclass.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  5. "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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