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Butternut (YAG-60)
ex
 USS Butternut (ANL-9) (1969 - 1971)
 USS Butternut (AN-9) (1944 - 1969)
 USS Butternut (YN-4) (1942 - 1944)
 Butternut (YN-4) (1941 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Sierra - Whiskey
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 11 March 1941, as Yard Net Tender (YN-4)at Lake Washington Shipyards Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 10 May 1941
  • Placed in service, as Butternut (YN-4), 3 September 1941, LT. Andreas S. Einmo, USNR, in charge
  • Commissioned USS Butternut (YN-4), 13 May 1942, at Seattle, WA., LT. Andreas S. Einmo, USNR, in command
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-9) in January 1944
  • During World War II USS Butternut was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation of Solomon Islands
    Consolidation of northern Solomons, 13 July to 23 October 1944 and 4 to 22 January 1945

  • Redesignated ANL-9, 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, 18 June 1969, at San Diego, CA.
  • Reinstated as Miscellaneous Auxiliary YAG-60 and placed in service on the Pacific Missile Range
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July1971
  • Final Disposition, destroyed as a target, June 1977
  • USS Butternut earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(fl), 804 t.(fl)
    Length 162' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8" (lim)
    Speed 12.5 kts (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 44
    Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    three 20mm AA gun mounts
    one y-gun
    Fuel Capacity 655 Bbls
    Propulsion
    Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel-electric engine
    single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 800shp
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    Butternut 566k USS Butternut (AN-9) underway, date and location unknown. Eddie Pinson USN Ret.
    Butternut 453k USS Butternut (AN-9) underway, date and location unknown. Eddie Pinson USN Ret.
    Butternut 108k USS Butternut (AN-9) at the Pacific Missile Test Range, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1963.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Butternut 147k USS Butternut (AN-9) towing a crane barge, and date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1963.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Butternut 105k USS Butternut (AN-9) underway between 1964 and 1969 while testing the Mk-46 torpedo. Note the Mk-32 torpedo tube mount on the former anti-aircraft gun platform aft of the bridge.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 91834.         		Robert Hurst
    USS Butternut (YN-4 / AN-9)
    DANFS history at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Einmo, Andreas S. USNR (OIC)3 September 1941 - 13 May 1942
    02LT. Einmo, Andreas S. USNR1 May 1942 - ?
    02LT. Kaune, TilerWWII
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Net Tender Stories
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    Last Updated 15 June 2012