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YN-7 / AN-12 Cinchona

International Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Charlie - Quebec
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Service Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal -World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship: Laid down as Yard Net Tender (YN-7), at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.; Launched, 2 July 1941; Placed in service as Cinchona (YN-7), 15 August 1941; Commissioned, USS Cinchona (YN-7), 20 December 1942; Redesignated as a Net Layer (AN-12), 20 December 1944; Decommissioned, 6 November 1946 at Vancouver, WA.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.; Final Disposition, fate unknown. Cinchona received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 660 t.(lt) 850 t.(fl); Length 163' 2"; Beam 30' 6"; Draft 11' 8"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 48; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three 20mm guns, four .50 cal. machine guns, one y-gun; Propulsion, diesel, single propeller.
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