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USAJMP Col. Robert C. Gildart

Junior Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1921 at Defoe Boat Works, West Bay City MI.
  • Launched in 1921
  • Accepted for service by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps on 30 June 1921
  • Named in honor of Lt. Col. Robert C. Gildart
  • Assigned to the US Army Coast Artillery Corp Mine Planter Service
  • Placed in commission, date unknown
  • Functioned in the Harbor Boat Service as a freight and passenger craft 1921–22
  • Placed out of commission in 1922
  • Sold in 1922.
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 177 t.
    Length 101 ft
    Beam 22 ft
    Draft 12 ft
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Col. Robert C. Gildart 55k Line drawing of USAJMP Col. Robert C. Gildart
    US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941, Vol.2    		  
    The history for USAJMP Col. Robert C. Gildart is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
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