USS Picket (ACM-8)

USS Picket (ACM–8) was a Chimo-class minelayer of the United States Navy during World War II.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Picket and USCGC Willow.

Army M 1 Mine Planter USAMP MP-7 Major General Wallace F. Randolph a sister ship to USAMP-1 General Henry Knox. Records (#742), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
History
United States
NameUSS Picket (ACM-8)
BuilderMarietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Laid downas USAMP-1 General Henry Knox for the U.S. Army Mine Planter Service
Completed1942 – Navy conversion: 15 March 1945
Acquired2 January 1945
Commissioned6 March 1945
Decommissioned24 June 1946
ReclassifiedACM-8, 5 March 1945
Stricken19 July 1946
FateTransferred to the Coast Guard, 24 June 1946
General characteristics
Displacement1,320 long tons (1,341 t) full
Length188 ft 2 in (57.35 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
PropulsionSkinner Engine Company reciprocating steam engine; 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; twin propellers; 1,200 SHP.
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement69
Armament1 × 40 mm gun
United States
NameWillow (WAGL/WLB-332)
Acquired1947
Commissioned20 September 1947
Decommissioned10 October 1969
IdentificationIMO number: 7338298
FateDeleted from registers 1993
General characteristics
Displacement1,240 long tons (1,260 t) full
Length188 ft 2 in (57.35 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
PropulsionSkinner Engine Company reciprocating steam engine; 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; twin propellers; 1,200 SHP.
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range2,450 miles @ 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement52
ArmamentSmall arms only
Notes20-ton boom capacity

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 commissioned 6 March 1945.

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