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USAJMP Gen. Richard Arnold
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 US Army Tug Gen. Richard Arnold (1909 - 1941)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Junior Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1908 as US Army Tug Gen. Richard Arnold at Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, MA.
  • Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Department, 9 February 1909
  • Named in honor of Maj. Gen. Richard Arnold, Chief of Artillery for the Military Division of the West Mississippi during the siege of Fort Morgan, AL, in August 1864
  • Placed in commission in 1909
  • Stationed at Fort Adams, R.I., as of January 1919, assigned to the Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay
  • Reassigned to Fort H.G. Wright, N.Y., in 1929, assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
  • Transferred to Fort Constitution, N.H., in 1931, assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth
  • Functioned in the Harbor Boat Service as a freight and passenger craft 1919-41
  • Reconditioned in 1941 to function as a junior mine planter in the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth, reassigned to the US Army Coast Artillery Corp Mine Planter Service
  • During World War II USAJMP Gen. Richard Arnold was assigned to harbor defense at Portsmouth, N.H.
  • Final Disposition, lost 8 January 1942, capsized in a gale off the Isle of Shoals, near Portsmouth, NH.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 153 t.
    Length 98'
    Beam 22'
    Draft 11'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement 10
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating steam engine
    single shaft, 350shp
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    Gen. Robert Anderson 49k USAJMP Gen. Richard Arnold under way, date and location unknown.
    US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941, Vol.2, courtesy Walter K. Schroeder and Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, S.C.  
    The history for USAJMP Gen. Richard Arnold is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "Mine Planter Richard Arnold Sinks", Portsmouth Herald, 8 January 1942
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    Last Updated 25 January 2019