Puritan (ACM-16)

History
United States
NamePuritan
Launchedas USAMP Col. Alfred A. Maybach MP-13 for the US Army
Acquiredby the US Navy, 7 March 1951
RenamedPuritan, 1 May 1955
Reclassified
  • ACM-16, 7 March 1951
  • MMA-16, 7 February 1955
Stricken1959
IdentificationIMO number7308009
FateSold 1961, sank 13 February 1984
General characteristics
Class and typeACM-11 class minelayer
Displacement1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full
Length189 ft (58 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement65
Armament1 × 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]

  1. ^ "Ship Naming in the United States Navy". Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 November 2011.