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Lost to enemy action, 28 January 1942

USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 28 January 1942)- American Defense Service Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (24-KIA/WIA 28 January 1942)

Mine Planter:

Built in 1907-08 for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Launched, 20 October 1908

Named in honor of Brig. Gen. Royal Thaxter Frank, Civil War veteran and commandant of the Artillery School 1888–1898

Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Department, 3 June 1909, Commissioned USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank

In January 1919 USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank was assigned to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service, North Atlantic Coast Artillery District and stationed at Boston, MA.

9 November 1920 she was further assigned to the Coast Defenses of Boston

Though assigned to the Coast Defenses of Boston, USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank also serviced the Coast Defenses of Portsmouth and Narragansett Bay

Decommissioned, 30 September 1922, and placed in reserve at the R. T. Greene Shipyard, Chelsea, MA.

Recommissioned, 22 April 1929, in the Harbor Boat Service, reconditioned at Brooklyn, N.Y., and ordered to report to the Quartermaster for the Hawaiian Department

USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank arrived at Honolulu, T.H., 7 June 1929 where she was used by the Hawaiian Department as an inter-island transport in the Hawaiian Islands

USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

Final Disposition, torpedoed by Japanese Imperial Navy submarine IJN I-71 30 miles North of Upolu Point, Alenuihaha Channel, Hawaii 28 January 1942

USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 621 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
	107k	USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank under way, date and location unknown	US National Archives photo, a US Army Signal Corps photo
	159k	USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank conducting mine planting operations near Fort Pickens, FL., date unknown	US National Archives photo, a US Army Signal Corps photo
30110603	48k	USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank moored pierside at Hilo, T.H., circa 1930s.	David Wright
30110604	140k	USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank alongside a pier, probably at Honolulu, T.H., cica 1930.	Jeffrey Baird
30110605	28k	USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank tied up to a pier, date and location unknown.	John Spivey

The history for USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2

Commanding Officers
01	Maj. James H. Johnson, USA	6 December 1919 - 26 February 1922
02	Capt. Joseph W. Barker, USA	26 February 1922 – 22 April 1922
03	Capt. Ernest C. Bomar, USA	22 April 1922 – 30 September 1922
04	Capt. Walter C. Wiechert, USA	- 28 January 1942 KIA 28 January 1942


US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The Mystery of the sinking of the Royal T. Frank
USAT Royal T. Frank Torpedoed in Hawaiian Waters
United States Harbor Defenses - USCG Cable Ship Pequot - Sister Ships - Mills, Frank, Schofield, and Graham

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