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Lost to enemy action, 20 February 1942

USAJMP Neptune

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - Philippines Defense Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Junior Mine Planter:

Built in 1930 by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Hong Kong, China

Purchased by the Quartermaster Corps in 1941 and assigned to the Inter-Island Service at Manila Harbor

Stationed at Fort Mills, Corregidor, P.I. and typically docked at the mine wharf at Corregidor

Reconditioned about June 1941 as a junior mine planter

In coordination with USAMP George F.E. Harrison, planted the Army mine field in the North Channel at Manila Harbor in 1941

Final Disposition, sunk by artillery fire the night of 20 February 1942 while discharging cargo at Fort Frank

Specifications:
Displacement 164 t.
Length 96'
Beam 24'
Draft 9'
Speed unknown
Armament unknown
Complement unknown
Cruise Radius unknown
Fuel Capacities unknown
Propulsion unknown

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The history for USAJMP Neptune is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2

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