- USS Planter (ACM-2)
The second USS "Planter" (ACM-2) was a "Chimo"-class
minelayer in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II ."Planter" was built as the
U.S. Army mine planter "Col. George Richer" byMarietta Manufacturing Company ,Pt. Pleasant ,West Virginia , in April1941 , was acquired by theU.S. Navy 4 April 1944 and commissioned atNorfolk, Virginia , on the same date, Lt. T. T. Scudder, Jr.,USNR , in command.World War II Invasion of Europe operations
USS Planter was assigned to Service Squadron Five, Atlantic Fleet, and got underway in
convoy for theMediterranean ,13 May 1944 , reaching theAzores 24 May , and arriving atBizerte, Tunisia ,12 June . She continued on to put into Naples, thence to southernFrance to support minesweeping and buoy laying operations conducted during and afterOperation Dragoon . AtToulon ,1 September she rescued 31 survivors fromYMS–21 , sunk by a mine, then resumed her support activities, continuing them until departing forBizerte 12 November . From the latter she sailed toCagliari ,Sardinia , thence toOran , en route back to theUnited States , arriving at Norfolk17 January 1945 .Pacific Theatre operations
Converted to minesweep gear and repair ship at Charleston, she departed for the Canal Zone
6 April ; entered the Pacific for duty with Minecraft, Pacific,17 April ; and reachedPearl Harbor 17 May . Continuing westward, she anchored offOkinawa 4 July to render tender services toYMS s. in August she steamed to thePhilippines , where she received news of the war’s end. She returned toOkinawa 25 August and remained until9 December when she got underway forHonshū . Between13 December and25 February 1946 she provided mine tender services inJapan ese waters, then got underway for theUnited States , arriving at San Francisco16 April .Decommissioning
Decommissioned
22 May 1946 , her name was struck from theNaval Vessel Register 23 December 1947 . On9 April 1948 she was transferred to theMaritime Commission and was subsequently sold to Foss Launch and Tug Co.,Oakland, California .Awards
"Planter" received one
battle star forWorld War II service.References
ee also
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List of United States Navy ships External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://ftp.metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar//USN/ships/ACM/ACM-2_Planter.html Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 ACM-2 USS Planter]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0102.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Planter (ACM 2) - ex-Colonel George Richer]
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