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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
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USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank under way, date and location unknown
| US National Archives photo, a US Army Signal Corps photo |
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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 |
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USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank moored pierside at Hilo, T.H., circa 1930s. |
David Wright |
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USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank alongside a pier, probably at Honolulu, T.H., cica 1930. |
Jeffrey Baird |
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USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank tied up to a pier, date and location unknown.
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John Spivey |
The history for USAMP Gen. Royal T. Frank is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
Commanding Officers
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| 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 |
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| | 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
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
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Last Updated 28 June 2024
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