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USCGC Lotus (WAGL-229)
ex
 USLHT Lotus (1921 - 1939)
USAMP Col. Albert Todd (1920 - 1921)

US Coast Guard International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Whiskey - Echo
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Speedwell Class Mine Planter:
  • Built in 1919-20 for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department at Fabricated Ship Building, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Launched in 1920
  • Named in honor of Col. Albert Todd, a distinguished artilleryman and commander of the Eastern Artillery District 1910–11
  • Assigned to the North Pacific Coast Artillery District, 4 May 1920
  • Accepted for service by the Quartermaster Corps, 20 September 1920, commissioned USAMP Col. Albert Todd, Capt. Edward E. Murphy, USA, in command
  • Allocated to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service
  • Departed Milwaukee in October 1920, arrived at Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, N.Y., in November 1920, typically docked at Pier #6 at Hoboken, N.J.
  • Further assigned to the Coast Defenses of Puget Sound, 9 November 1920 but never actually served at that location
  • Transferred in April 1921 to Fort Totten, N,Y.
  • Transferred in September 1921 to Fort Wood, N.Y.
  • Decommissioned, 6 October 1921 at Fort Wood, N.Y., transferred to the U.S. Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce, renamed USLHT Lotus
  • Absorbed into the US Coast Guard, 1 July 1939, Commissioned USCGC Lotus (WAGL-229)
  • Decommissioned by U.S. Coast Guard and sold 11 June 1947 to A.F. Peavy, Minneapolis, M.N.
  • Final Disposition, subsequently scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement 704 t.
    Length 172'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 17'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Range 1,692 mi.
    Complement
    Pre-war, 33
    1942, 44
    Propulsion
    2 Page & Burton water-tube boilers
    2 Allis Chalmers compound, inverted, reciprocating steam engines
    2 propellers, 1,000shp
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    USAMP Col. Albert Todd
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111202    		 79k
    Namesake
    Albert Todd - (21 October 1854 - 27 April 1913) graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1877. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in 1st Regiment, United States Artillery and stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. In, 1881, detailed as instructor of military science in the Kansas State Agricultural College. In, 1882, promoted 1st Lieutenant and finally attained the rank of Colonel. (Find A Grave)     		Tommy Trampp
    Colonel Albert Todd 33k USAMP Col. Albert Todd under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives photo, a US Army Signal Corps photo
    USLHT Lotus
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111203    		 45k USLHT Lotus (ex-USAMP Col. Albert Todd) tending buoys in icey condtions, date and location unknown.
    Edmond Louis Arruda Angelfire     		Tommy Trampp
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111204    		 98k Tony Luiz on the superstructure of USLHT Lotus, date and location unknown.
    Edmond Louis Arruda     		Tommy Trampp
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111205    		 101k USLHT Lotus crews mess, date and location unknown.
    Edmond Louis Arruda     		Tommy Trampp
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111206    		 91k USLHT Lotus Gilbert Arruda (Edmunds' brother) and Tony Luiz repairing buoys, date and location unknown.
    Edmond Louis Arruda     		Tommy Trampp
    Colonel Albert Todd
    30111207    		 97k USLHT Lotus crew photo, date and location unknown.
    Edmond Louis Arruda     		Tommy Trampp
    The history for USAMP Col. Albert Todd is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
    Commanding Officers
    01Capt. Edward E. Murphy, USA20 September 1920 - 8 October 1921
    US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 2
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