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Camanche (MMA 11)
ex-ACM-11
ex-USAMP Brigadier General Royal T. Frank (MP 12)

Camanche Class Auxiliary Minelayer:

  • Laid down by the Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, WV
  • Commissioned USAMP Brigadier General Royal T. Frank (MP 12), 28 November 1942
  • Transferred to the Navy in 1944 and designated ACM-11
  • Reclassified MMA-11, 7 February 1955
  • Renamed Camanche 1 May 1955
  • Camanche was never commissioned in the U.S. Navy
  • Sold in 1948
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,320 t.
  • Length 188'
  • Beam 37.75'
  • Draft 12'
  • Speed 12.5 kts.
  • Complement 69
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount.
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    Camanche 135k USAMP Brig. Gen. Royal T. Franks (MP-12) while assigned to the minefield at Fort Miles on 19 December 1942. She was operated by 19th Coast Artillery Mine Planter (CAMP) battery
    Photo courtesy of Michael E. Rogers (formerly Capt., 261st Coast Artillery Battery Commander), at Delaware States Parks, Fort Miles Restoration Project    		 Robert Hurst
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