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USAJMP Maj. Clarence M. Condon


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Junior Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1919 at Defoe Boat Works, West Bay City MI.
  • Launched in 1919
  • Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Corps, 30 June 1921
  • Named in honor of Maj. Clarence M. Condon, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action in the Philippines in 1899
  • Assigned to the US Army Coast Artillery Corp Mine Planter Service
  • Placed in commission in 1921
  • Stationed at Fort Adams, RI, and assigned to the Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay
  • Transferred to Fort H.G. Wright, N.Y., in 1929 and assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
  • Transferred to Fort Barrancas, FL., in 1931 and assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Pensacola
  • Functioned in the Harbor Boat Service as a freight and passenger craft 1931-41 at Pensacola Harbor
  • Reconditioned as a junior mine planter in 1941, transferred to Fort Amador, C.Z., and to the Panama Canal Department, Panama Coast Artillery Command
  • Placed out of commission, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 170 t.
    Length 98'
    Beam 22'
    Draft 12'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Maj. Clarence M. Condon 53k USAJMP Maj. Clarence M. Condon underway, in the Gulf of Mexico, date unknown.
    US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941, Vol.2
    US National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore

    The history for USAJMP Maj. Clarence M. Condon is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
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