Camanche (ACM-11)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Launched | 1942 as USAMP Brigadier General Royal T. Frank for the US Army |
| Acquired | by the US Navy 1944 |
| Decommissioned | Never commissioned |
| Reclassified | ACM-11; reclassified MMA-11, 7 February 1945; Renamed Camanche 1 May 1945 while in Atlantic Reserve Fleet |
| Identification | IMO number: 7730692 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | ACM-11 class auxiliary minelayer |
| Displacement | 1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full |
| Length | 189 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Two Combustion Engineering header type boilers, two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines, no reduction gear, two shafts. |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Camanche (ACM-11/MMA-11) was the name given in 1945 to the former U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) Brigadier General Royal T. Frank (MP-12) while in naval inactive reserve more than ten years after acquisition of the ship by Navy from the Army in 1944. The ship had previously been classified by the Navy as an Auxiliary Mine Layer (ACM) and then Minelayer, Auxiliary (MMA). The ship was never commissioned by Navy and thus never bore the "USS" prefix.