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USAMP Gen. E. O. C. Ord

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from 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

Mine Planter:

Laid down in 1908 for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department at Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE.

Launched, 13 February 1909

Named in honor of Maj. Gen. Edward Otho Cresap Ord, commanding officer of the XIII, VIII, and XVIII Corps during the Civil War

Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Department in June 1909

Commissioned, USAMP Gen. E.O.C. Ord in June 1909, assigned to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service

Stationed at Fort Totten, N.Y., as of January 1919

Assigned to the Coast Defenses of Eastern New York, 9 November 1920

Relieved from the Coast Defenses of Eastern New York in March 1922

Assigned to the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook. Typically docked at the Army Supply Base in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Transferred in July 1927 to Fort Hancock, N.J.

On detached service to Fort Monroe, VA., from December 1936 to 13 March 1937 to conduct training with the Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay

Awarded “E” for mine planting efficiency in 1937

Decommissioned and sold after World War II

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1946

Specifications:
Displacement 590 t. gross
Length 165'
Beam 32'
Draft 17'
Speed unknown
Armament unknown

Complement

Propulsion

two reciprocating steam engines

two shafts, 900shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	40k	*Namesake* Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883) was an American engineer and United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War. He commanded an army during the final days of the Civil War, and was instrumental in forcing the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He also designed Fort Sam Houston. He died in Havana, Cuba of yellow fever. Photo from Library of Congress.	Wikipedia
	83k	USAMP Gen. E. O. C. Ord underway, date and location unknown	US National Archives photo, a US Army Signal Corps photo
30110403	142k	USAMP Gen. E. O. C. Ord moored pierside, date and location unknown Coast Artillery Images

The history for USAMP Gen. E. O. C. Ord is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2

Commanding Officers
01	1st Lt. Arthur F. Gilmore, USA	January 1920 - May 1920
02	Capt. Lawrence Iverson, USA	May 1920 – 24 August 1922
03	Capt. Alexander H. Campbell, USA	24 August 1922 – 28 October 1922
04	Capt. Albert C. Cleveland, USA	28 October 1922 – 1 December 1922
05	Capt. Alexander H. Campbell,USA	1 December 1922 – 23 April 1924
06	2d Lt. Albert C. Kleinman, USA	23 April 1924 – 1 July 1924
07	1st Lt. James F. Pichel, USA	1 July 1924 – October 1925
08	Capt. Geoffrey C. Bunting, USA	October 1925 – September 1926
09	Capt. Coleman F. Driver, USA	September 1926 – June 1927
10	2d Lt. Richard E. O’Conner, USA	June 1927 – 7 March 1929
11	1st Lt. John H. Fonvielle, USA	8 March 1929 – 24 August 1929
12	1st Lt. Sanford J. Goodman, USA	25 August 1929 – 10 September 1931
13	1st Lt. James B. Carroll, USA	10 September 1931 – 8 March 1933
14	1st Lt. Samuel Rubin, USA	8 March 1933 – 22 May 1934
15	Capt. Charles M. Wolff, USA	16 August 1934 – 30 June 1938
16	Capt. Harold P. Taskeru USA	30 June 1938 – 8 May 1939
17	Capt. Ernest F. Heidland, USA	8 May 1939 – 10 October 1941


US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2

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