&sq=Apple&lang=en&file=File:MGRandolph.jpg) USAMP MP-7 Major General Wallace F. Randolph, Army M 1 Mine Planter Hull No. 480.
Records (#742), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Major General Wallace F. Randolph |
| Namesake | Major General Wallace F. Randolph |
| Owner | Florida Keys Artificial Reef Association |
| Builder | Marietta Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | 2 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1951 |
| In service | 1942 |
| Out of service | 1951 |
| Renamed | Nausett |
| Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
| Fate | Intentionally sunk 6 March 1986 as an Artificial reef |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Mine Planter |
| Displacement | 910 long tons (920 t) |
| Length | 189 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 135 |
USAMP Major General Wallace F. Randolph, sometimes also known as MG Wallace F. Randolph, was a 188.2-foot (57.4 m) mine planter built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company, and delivered to the United States Army Mine Planter Service in 1942.[1][2] The ship was transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1951, placed directly into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet without being commissioned classed as the auxiliary minelayer ACM-15, then reclassified minelayer, auxiliary (MMA)[3] and named MMA-15, and finally given the name Nausett without any active naval service.[4] After being stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, the ship was transferred to different owners, and eventually was scuttled off the coast of Florida as an artificial reef and fish aggregating device. The site is currently known as the Thunderbolt Wreck,[5] and is considered to be an excellent and challenging dive site for advanced divers.[6]
- ^ "Shipbuilding History – U.S. Army Mine Craft". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Coast Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service". Army Ships – The Ghost Fleet. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ Naval Vessel Register. "US NAVY INACTIVE CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS". Naval Vessel Register. U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Nausett IV". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "The Thunderbolt". Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Florida Keys Dive Sites – The Thunderbolt Wreck". keysweb.info. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
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