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442:Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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886:Colonel George Armistead
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504:equipment, she departed
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315:General characteristics
169:General characteristics
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689:"U.S. Army Mine Craft"
668:U.S. Army mine planter
494:Little Creek, Virginia
446:U.S. Army mine planter
339:37 ft (11 m)
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1002:Colonel Henry J. Hunt
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879:Colonel Henry J. Hunt
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693:Shipbuilding History
601:Navy Decommissioning
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452:as the first of the
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978:Colonel John Storey
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148:ACM-8, 5 March 1945
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872:General Henry Knox
863:United States Army
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741:25 February
629:(ACM 8) ex-
99:as USAMP-1
1210:1942 ships
1199:Categories
1113:Obstructor
1009:Obstructor
703:23 January
674:References
597:landings.
571:Inland Sea
384:Complement
352:Propulsion
297:IMO number
226:Complement
206:Propulsion
21:USS Picket
1160:Monadnock
1077:Barricade
973:Barricade
802:Minecraft
595:U.S. Army
591:Matsuyama
567:Kii Suido
556:Tokyo Bay
552:Tokyo Bay
542:departed
488:departed
466:U.S. Navy
444:, as the
424:minelayer
113:Completed
96:Laid down
1132:Yamacraw
1089:Barbican
1072:Magnolia
1039:Yamacraw
985:Barbican
657:See also
649:Magnolia
639:Willow's
522:Eniwetok
460:. USAMP
448:USAMP-1
392:Armament
269:Acquired
234:Armament
153:Stricken
121:Acquired
105:for the
1137:Trapper
1108:Heather
1101:Bastion
1096:Jonquil
1033:Trapper
997:Bastion
961:Planter
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328:Length
262:Willow
182:Length
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400:Notes
377:knots
372:Range
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363:12.5
360:Speed
344:Draft
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