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USAMP Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbott (MP-6)

Mine Planter:

Laid down in 1942 as USAMP Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbott (MP-6) for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service at Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, W.V.

Sold in 1951, converted to a cargo ship

Sold in 1969, converted to a fishing vessel, renamed F/V Neptune

Final Disposition, foundered in 1975

Specifications:
Displacement 1,300 t.
Length 185'2"
Beam 37'
Draft 12'6"
Speed 12.5 kts.
Armament one 40mm gun

Complement

Propulsion

two Combustion Engineering header type boilers

two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines

two shafts

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30110301	233k	*Namesake* Henry Livermore Abbott - (January 21, 1842 – May 6, 1864) was a Major in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Abbott was posthumously awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from August 1, 1864, and the grades of brevet lieutenant colonel, brevet colonel and brevet brigadier general, United States Army, all to rank from March 13, 1865 for gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was killed in action. Abbott was engaged at the center of several key Civil War battles and was widely known and admired for his leadership, courage and composure under fire. J.W. Black, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons		Tommy Trampp

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