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CMc-5
CM-10 Miantonomah





Call sign: November - Charlie - Delta - Uniform



Monadnock Class Minelayer: Laid down, 1938 by the Pusey and Jones Corp, Wilmington, Del. as SS Quaker; Aquired by the Navy, 5 May 1941; Classified as a Coastal Minelayer and renamed Maintonomah (CMc 5), 14 May 1941; Commissioned USS Miantonomah (CMc-5), 13 November 1941; Reclassified Minelayer CM-10, 15 May 1942; Struck a mine and sank, 25 July 1944 at LaHavre, France; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1944. Miantonomah received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 2,810 t.; Length 292'; Beam 48' 7'; Draft 16' 6"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 202; Armament two 3"/50s and two twin 40mm; Propulsion General Electric geared turbines, 4,000 shp, one shaft.
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Miantonomah 34k c. 1943
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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