Shipbuilding History
U.S. Army Mine Craft (MP, JMP) Built Before WWII
Most recent update: 8 April 2017.
The records of mine craft being built for the Army are a bit murky. If anyone can fill any of the gaps in this table, please e-mail info@navalmarinearchive.com.
| Shipbuilder | Location | Hull # | Original Name | Type | Tons | Built | Disposition |
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| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 976 | Col. George Armistead | MP | 447 | 1904 | Later Mary Foss 1935, to USN 1942 as Dekanawida (YT 334), Agnes Foss 1947, Celtic 1972, deleted 1987 |
| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 977 | Maj. Samuel Ringgold | MP | 447 | 1904 | Later Sea Salvor 1924, scrapped 1948 |
| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 978 | Gen. Henry Knox | MP | 447 | 1904 | Later Chan Hing 1926, Vincent Davin 1931, wrecked in Annam 1937 |
| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia PA | 979 | Col. Henry J. Hunt | MP | 447 | 1904 | |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 159 | Gen. Robert Anderson | JMP | 153 | 1908 | Presumed scrapped after WWII |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 160 | Gen. Richard Arnold | JMP | 153 | 1908 | Lost 1942 |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 161 | Gen. R. B. Ayres | JMP | 153 | 1908 | LaterH R Carter 1932, General Patrick W Guiney 1938, scrapped 1955 |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 162 | Gen. J. M. Brannan | JMP | 153 | 1908 | LaterFrank W Spencer, Charles H Harper, abandoned 1979 |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 163 | Gen. Harvey Brown | JMP | 153 | 1909 | LaterVulcan 1923, Vivian Powell 1942 |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 164 | Gen. G. W. Getty | JMP | 153 | 1909 | Deleted before WWII |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 165 | Gen. R. H. Jackson | JMP | 153 | 1909 | LaterThree Bros 1938, Fort Sumter 194x |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 166 | Gen. A. M. Randol | JMP | 153 | 1909 | Presumed scrapped after WWII |
| Willamette Iron & Steel | Portland OR | Capt. Gregory Barrett | JMP | 153 | 1909 | Later Gordon 1918, Mathilda Foss 1936, to USN 1942 as Skenandoa (YT 336), Mathilda Foss 1946, Roxanne, sank 1978 | |
| Willamette Iron & Steel | Portland OR | Capt. James Fornance | JMP | 153 | 1909 | ||
| Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 335 | Gen. E. O. C. Ord | MP | 590 | 1909 | Scrapped 1948 |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 75 | Gen. Samuel M. Mills | MP | 590 | 1909 | Later Pequot (WARC 58), sold 1947 |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 76 | Gen. John M. Schofield | MP | 590 | 1909 | |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 77 | Gen. Royal T. Frank | MP | 590 | 1909 | |
| Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 114 | Joseph Henry | MP | 601 | 1909 | Built for the Signal Corps, later Thalis O. Milissios 1946, preserved in Piraeus 1983 |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 194 | Gen. William M. Graham | MP | 641 | 1917 | Later Panama City 1947, scrapped 1948 |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. George F. E. Harrison | MP | 704 | 1919 | ||
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Gen. Absalom Baird | MP | 704 | 1919 | ||
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Gen. J. Franklin Bell | MP | 704 | 1919 | Scrapped 1948 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1924 as Ilex, sold 1947, burnt in Newfoundland 1948 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Gen. Wallace F. Randolph | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1927 as Lupine, sold 1947 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Gen. John P. Story | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1927 as Acacia, sunk by U-boat 1942 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. Albert Todd | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1924 as Lotus, sold 1946 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. Garland N. Whistler | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1923 as Spruce, sold 1946 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. John V. White | MP | 704 | 1919 | To USLHS 1927 as Speedwell, sold 1947 as Santa Patricia, scrapped 1956 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. Card | JMP | 535 | 1919 | Later Mackinaw City 1923, Brig. Gen. William E. Horton 1940, scrapped 1954 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. Pond | JMP | 535 | 1919 | Later Saint Ignace 1923, Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Yates 1940, scrapped 1954 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Col. Clayton | JMP | 535 | 1919 | Converted to a clubhouse 1954 | |
| Fabricated SB | Milwaukee WI | Gen. Rochester | JMP | 535 | 1919 | Later Michael J. Perkins 1923, scrapped 1950 | |
| Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | Capt. Samuel C. Cardwell | JMP | 177 | 1919 | To USPHS 1923, scrapped 1934 | |
| Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | Lt. Harold B. Douglas | JMP | 177 | 1919 | Sold 1924 to Cary Davis Tug & Barge as Douglas, abandoned 1956 | |
| Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | Capt. Edwin C. Long | JMP | 177 | 1919 | To USLHS 1922 as Sundew, sold 1941 to Atlantic Tug, scrapped 1959 | |
| Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | Capt. Edward P. Nones | JMP | 177 | 1919 | Sold to Panamanian interests 1932 | |
| Rocky River DD | Rocky River OH | Capt. Fred L. Perry | JMP | 177 | 1919 | Sold to Reinauer Yachts 1934, to Merritt-Chapman 1943 as barge Consort, scrapped 1947 | |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 51 | Col. Robert G. Gildart | JMP | 170 | 1921 | |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 52 | Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm | JMP | 170 | 1921 | |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 53 | Maj. Carl A. Lohr | JMP | 170 | 1921 | |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 54 | Maj. Lester E. Moreton | JMP | 170 | 1921 | Sold 1929 as J. J. Kinyoun |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 55 | Maj. Albert G. Jenkins | JMP | 170 | 1921 | Sold to Oil Transport Co. 1951 as tug Bayou Plaquemine, later Courier 1966, scrapped 1972 |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 56 | Maj. William P. Pence | JMP | 170 | 1921 | Later Helen Miller 1938, Jane Frank 1963 |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 57 | Maj. Clarence M. Condon | JMP | 170 | 1921 | |
| Defoe Boat Works | West Bay City MI | 58 | Maj. John W. McKie | JMP | 170 | 1921 | Sold to Inland Waterways Corp. 1932, abandoned 1940 |
| Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 435 | Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles | MP | 840 | 1937 | Sold to Marine Acoustical Services 1965 as F. V. Hunt, reefed in the Florida Keys 1985 |