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Monadnock (ACM / MMA 14)

Monadnock served both the US Army and Navy
Camanche Class Auxiliary Minelayer: Laid down, (date unknown) for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service as a Mineplanterby the Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, WV; Launched, (date unknown); Named Maj. Samuel Ringgold (MP 11); Transferred to the Navy in March 1951 and berthed at Boston, MA with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and designated an Auxiliary Minelayer ACM-14; Auxiliary Minelayer classification changed to MMA-14, 7 February 1955; Named Monadnock, 1 May 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960; Sold, (date unknown) and renamed Thiti; Renamed Amazonia, (date unknown) under Liberian registry; Sold in the 1980s under Italian registry and renamed Dear. Fate unknown. Monadnock was never commissioned in the U. S. Navy.
Specifications: Displacement 910 t.; Length 189'; Beam 37'; Draft 12'; Speed 12 kts; Complement 125; Armament unknown; Propulsion unknown.
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c. 1948/1952 Seen here as the Maj. Samuel Ringgold (MP 11) during an "open house" in the Canal Zone. |
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c. 1948/1952 Seen here as the Maj. Samuel Ringgold (MP 11) during an "open house" in the Canal Zone. |
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