active in WW II and after: USACS Albert J. Myer Basil O. Lenoir (BSP – Self Propelled Barge) Brico (ex-fishing vessel turned cable barge) Col. William A. Glassford (BSP – Self Propelled Barge) – (Later ) Dellwood Gen. Samuel M. Mills (1942 Mine Planter) Joseph Henry (Associated with Coast Artillery Corps mine work) Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles (1937 Mine Planter) William Bullard Restorer (Commercial Cable Ship under Army charter) Silverado U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair Ship Ten ships, nine being Maritime Commission type N3-M-A1 cargo vessel hulls being built at Penn Jersey Shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy or Lend Lease, were transferred to the Army for operation as Engineer Port Repair Ships. The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). All the ships were managed and crewed by Army Engineers organized into Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew units, named for Army Engineers killed in action during WW II and heavily modified from their original design. Junior N. Van Noy (converted from Josephine Lawrence of WWI vintage) N3-M-A1 types: Arthur C. Ely Joe C. Specker Robert M. Emery Richard R. Arnold Thomas F. Farrell Jr. Marvin Lyle Thomas Henry Wright Hurley Glenn Gerald Griswold Madison Jordan Manchester Corps of Engineers Dredge Vessels Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. They were seagoing diesel-electric hydraulic dredging vessels, normally functioning under the Army Corps of Engineers control, and used for maintaining and improving the coastal and harbor channels around the U.S. coasts. Bear (snagboat) Montgomery (snagboat) Seizer (snagboat) Sergeant Floyd (towboat) William M. Black (dredge) WT Preston (snagboat) Yuba (snagboat) During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. Four were sent to the ETO and last one, Hains, was sent to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO), along with the cutter dredge 'Raymond', additionally four new Hains-class armed dredges were constructed for use in the PTO. Chester Harding (dredge) William T. Rossell (dredge) William L. Marshall (dredge)Hains-class hopper dredge Hains (1942) Hoffman (1942) Hyde (1945) Barth (1945) Lyman (1945) Davidson (1945) Towed cutter dredge Raymond (1926) Mine Planters The U.S. Army Mine Planter Service (AMPS), under the Coast Artillery Corps, operated ships designated as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) to 'plant' the controlled mines