USS Planter (ACM-2)
USS Planter in April 1946 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Planter (ACM-2) |
| Builder | Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| Laid down | as Colonel George Ricker for the U.S. Army, 1943 |
| Acquired | 4 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 4 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 23 December 1947 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5408506 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 April 1948, and later sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Chimo-class minelayer |
| Displacement | 1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full |
| Length | 188 ft 2 in (57.35 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 69 |
| Armament | 1 × 40 mm gun |
The second USS Planter (ACM-2) was a Chimo-class minelayer in the United States Navy during World War II.
Planter was built as the U.S. Army mine planter USAMP Col. George Ricker by Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia and delivered to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service in 1943. The ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 4 April 1944 and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on the same date.