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Lost to enemy action, 20 February 1942


USAJMP Neptune

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - Philippines Defense Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Junior Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1930 by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Hong Kong, China
  • Purchased by the Quartermaster Corps in 1941 and assigned to the Inter-Island Service at Manila Harbor
  • Stationed at Fort Mills, Corregidor, P.I. and typically docked at the mine wharf at Corregidor
  • Reconditioned about June 1941 as a junior mine planter
  • In coordination with USAMP George F.E. Harrison, planted the Army mine field in the North Channel at Manila Harbor in 1941
  • Final Disposition, sunk by artillery fire the night of 20 February 1942 while discharging cargo at Fort Frank
    Specifications:
    Displacement 164 t.
    Length 96'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 9'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    The history for USAJMP Neptune is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
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