USS Miantonomah (CMc-5)

	Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 10 October 1942 after a refit that produced only minor changers to her appearance
History
United States
Name	Quaker (1938—1941); Miantonomah (1941-1944);
Builder	Pusey & Jones Corp., Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	26 May 1937
Launched	15 February 1938
Acquired	Delivery by builder: 15 June 1938; Acquired by Navy: 14 May 1941;
Commissioned	13 November 1941
Renamed	Miantonomah, 14 May 1941
Reclassified	CM-10, 15 May 1942
Identification	U.S. Official Number: 237351; Signal: WNKO;
Honors and; awards	2 Battle Stars
Fate	Sunk, 25 September 1944
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship / Auxiliary minelayer
Tonnage	3,056 GRT, 1,900 DWT, 1,893 Net
Displacement	As built: 4,090; Navy: 2,870 long tons (2,916 t);
Length	292 ft (89 m) (overall); 280.2 ft (85.4 m) (registry);
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft	As built: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m); 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m);
Propulsion	2 x boilers, 1 GE cross compound turbine, 4,000 hp, single shaft
Speed	As built: 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph); Navy: 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h);
Capacity	Cargo, as built: 190,500 cubic feet (5,394.4 m3)
Complement	202
Armament	2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 4 × machine guns, 1 × depth charge track

USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5) was built as SS Quaker by Pusey & Jones Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware in 1938 as a commercial coastwise ship operating as a fast inland water passenger and freight carrier. Quaker was acquired by the Navy in May 1941 for conversion to a coastal minelayer. Miantonomah operated off the east coast of the United States, Africa and the Mediterranean and took part in the invasion of Europe in 1944. The ship was sunk by a mine 25 September 1944.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Naval History And Heritage Command (10 August 2015). "Miantonomah I (CMc-5)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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