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YN-3 Birch / Boxwood
AN-8 Boxwood

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Quebec - Papa
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Authorized as Yard Net Tender Birch (YN-3)
  • Named changed to Boxwood, 16 October 1940
  • Laid down, 19 November 1940, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 8 March 1941
  • Placed in service, as Boxwood (YN-3), 25 July 1941, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, LT. R. W. Nordstrom, USNR, in charge
  • Commissioned USS Boxwood (YN-3), 2 January 1943
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-8), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 13 November 1946 at Portland, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1962
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration and laid up with the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. until 1974
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 850 t.(fl)
    Length 163' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 44
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one y-gun
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Boxwood 68k Boxwood (YN-3) underway, circa 1941, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Boxwood 103k Boxwood (YN-3) underway, circa 1941, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Ron Titus
    View the Boxwood (AN-8)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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