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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Puritan |
| Launched | as USAMP Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13 for the US Army |
| Acquired | by the US Navy, 7 March 1951 |
| Renamed | Puritan, 1 May 1955 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1959 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7308009 |
| Fate | Sold 1961, sank 13 February 1984 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | ACM-11 class minelayer |
| Displacement | 1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full |
| Length | 189 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 65 |
| Armament | 1 × 20 mm gun |
Puritan (ACM-16/MMA-16) was built for the United States Army as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13. The ship was transferred to the United States Navy and classified as an auxiliary minelayer. Puritan was never commissioned and thus never bore the "United States Ship" (USS) prefix showing status as a commissioned ship of the U.S. Navy.[1]
- ^ "Ship Naming in the United States Navy". Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.