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 the second mine planter named for Samuel Ringgold (1796–1846), an officer noted as the "Father of Modern Artillery" who fell in the Mexican–American War.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| 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 |
| Launched | 6 October 1942 |
| Acquired | by the US Navy, March 1951 |
| Renamed | Monadnock, 1 May 1955 |
| Reclassified | MMA-14, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8522494 |
| Fate | Sold commercial, lost 23 July 2004 |
| 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 |
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 Directory on 1 July 1960 and sold to commercial interests. In commercial service the ship was named Tahiti, Amazonia, Dear, Majestic and finally Maxims des Mers before being lost on 23 July 2004.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships – The Ghost Fleet. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Shipbuilding History – U.S. Army Mine Craft – MP, L and M". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Monadnock (ACM 14) (see after Monadnock (ACM 10))". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Major Samurl Ringgold (8522494)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 11 June 2022.