List of Ships of The United States Army - Mine Planters

Mine Planters

The U.S. Army Mine Planter Service (AMPS), under the Coast Artillery Corps, operated ships designated as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) to plant the controlled mines guarding approaches to coastal fortifications. Numerous smaller vessels not designated as USAMP worked with the planters in a mine flotilla.

  • Col. George Armistead (1904)
  • Cyrus W. Field (1904) (See note)
  • Col. Henry J. Hunt (1904)
  • Gen. Henry Knox (1904)
  • Maj. Samuel Ringgold (1904)
  • Gen. Royal T. Frank (1909)
  • Joseph Henry (1909) (See note)
  • Gen. Samuel M. Mills (1909)
  • Gen. E. O. C. Ord'' (1909)
  • Gen. John M. Schofield (1909)
  • Gen. William M. Graham (1917)
  • Col. George F. E. Harrison (1919)
  • Gen. Absalom Baird (1919)
  • Gen. J. Franklin Bell / Brig. Gen. John J. Hayden (1919)
  • Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby (1919)
  • Gen. Wallace F. Randolph (1919)
  • Gen. John P. Storey (1919)
  • Col. Albert Todd (1919)
  • Col. Garland N. Whistler (1919)
  • Col. John V. White (1919)
  • Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles (1937)

Numbered planters constructed during WW II:

  • USAMP General Henry Knox (MP-1) (1942)
  • USAMP Colonel Henry J. Hunt (MP-2) (1942)
  • USAMP Colonel George Armistead (MP-3) (1942)
  • Gen. Samuel M. Mills (MP-4) (1942)
  • USAMP 1st Lt. William G. Sylvester (MP-5) (1942)
  • Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbott (MP-6) (1942)
  • USAMP Major General Wallace F. Randolph (MP-7) (1942)
  • USAMP Colonel John Storey (MP-8) (1942)
  • Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray (MP-9) (1942)
  • Maj. Gen. Erasmus Weaver (MP-10) (1942)
  • Maj. Samuel Ringgold (MP-11) (1942) NavSource photo showing USAMP name usage format.
  • Brig. Gen. Royal T. Frank (MP-12) (1943)
  • Col. Alfred A. Maybach (MP-13) (1943)
  • Col. Horace F. Spurgin (MP-14) (1943)
  • Col. Charles W. Bundy (MP-15) (1943)
  • Col. George Ricker (MP-16) (1943)

Note: Cyrus W. Field was a Signal Corps ship closely associated with mine cable work and sometimes listed with the planters. Joseph Henry was a cable ship transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1917 and 1909 ships.

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