USS Picket (ACM-8)
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uss-picket-acm-8-169-18279057
title:
USS Picket (ACM-8)
text:
USS Picket (ACM–8) was a Chimo-class minelayer of the United States Navy during World War II. Picket was completed 15 April 1942 by Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, West Virginia, as the U.S. Army mine planter USAMP-1 General Henry Knox as the first of the WW II period planters built for the U.S. Army Mine Planter Service. USAMP Knox was transferred to the U.S. Navy 2 January 1945; completed conversion to an Auxiliary Minelayer, ACM-8, at Charleston Navy Yard 5 March 1945; and commiss
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Chimo-class minelayer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Picket_(ACM-8)
date created:
2007-05-31T21:26:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:25:59Z
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fields total:
13
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16