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USAJMP Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Junior Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1918-19 at Defoe Boat Works, West Bay City MI.
  • Launched in 1919
  • Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Corps, 30 June 1921
  • Named in honor of Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm
  • Delivered to the US Army Coast Artillery Corp Mine Planter Service
  • Placed in commission, date unknown
  • Stationed at Fort H.G. Wright, N,Y., in 1921 and assigned to the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound
  • Served as a junior mine planter and as a freight and passenger craft in the Harbor Boat Service at Fort H.G. Wright, N.Y., 1919-31
  • Placed out of commission, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, unknown
  • Transferred in January 1931 to the Harbor Defenses of Cristobal.
  • Arrived at Cristobal 18 January 1931, and took station at Fort Sherman, C.Z.
  • Placed out of commission after World War II
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 170 t.
    Length 98.5'
    Beam 22'
    Draft 12.8'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm 55k Line drawing of USAJMP Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm
    US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941, Vol.2
     

    The history for USAJMP Lt. Col. Herman C. Schumm is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
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