Army M 1 Mine Planter "Hull No. 480", USAMP MP-7 Major General Wallace F. Randolph.[1]
Records (#742), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, US.
Mine planter and the earlier "torpedo planter" was a term used for mine warfare ships into the early days of World War I. In later terminology, particularly in the United States, a mine planter was a ship specifically designed to install controlled mines or contact mines in coastal fortifications. This type of ship diverged in both function and design from a ship operating as a naval minelayer. Though the vessel may be seagoing it is not designed to lay large numbers of mines in open sea. A mine planter was designed to place controlled minefields in exact locations so that they might be fired individually or as a group from shore when observers noted a target to be at or near a designated mine's position. The terms and types of specialized ship existed from the 1860s where "torpedoes" were made famous in the American Civil War until the demise of large, fixed coastal fortifications brought on by the changes of World War II.
Mineplanter and the earlier "torpedo planter" was a term used for mine warfare ships into the early days of World War I. In later terminology, particularly...
designation was changed to WLB, which is still used today. Six U.S. Army mineplanters built 1917–1919 were transferred to the U.S. Light House Service during...
freighters of numerous designs, 361 minecraft with the large MinePlanters carrying U.S. Army MinePlanter (prefix "USAMP") with a number above a name, 4,343 tugs...
term "mine layer" while the introduction speaks of the men assembled from the "mineplanters". During and after that war the term "mineplanter" became...
designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear...
Look up planter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Planter or Planters may refer to: A flowerpot or box for plants Jardiniere, one such type of pot,...
1780 - July 23, 1782, July 28, 1866 - July 27, 1892 Assistant Steward, MinePlanter Service: July 9, 1918 - July 1, 1920 Assistant Surgeon: March 2, 1821...
A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a...
First Class. Oilers in the MinePlanter Service were rated as Specialists Second Class. Stewards and Firemen in the MinePlanter Service, Musicians Second...
prototype of improved Marder. Hecht type XXVIIA 2-man 12 ton submarine with 1 mine or 1 torpedo carried outboard to a range of 38 miles at 4 knots. Marder (~300...
destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines. A vessel that combines...
first US Army mineplanters were built, small vessels used to emplace and retrieve controlled mines. In July 1918, the U.S. Army MinePlanter Service (AMPS)...
command. The larger vessels, called "mineplanters", were civilian crewed until the creation of the U.S. Army MinePlanter Service (AMPS) and Warrant Officer...
eg: Artemis 1917—1919) USAMP U.S. Army MinePlanter (not currently in use) USAJMP U.S. Army Junior MinePlanter (not currently in use) U.S. Army Vessels...
against underwater damage by mines and torpedoes. The purpose of underwater protection was to absorb the force of a detonating mine or torpedo well away from...
United States a type of vessel termed mineplanter was developed, built and deployed in 1904. By 1909 more mineplanters were under construction and deployment...
navy's Project Squadron 2020. The corvettes will have helicopter carrying, mine laying, ice breaking, anti-aircraft and anti-ship abilities. They will be...
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