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YN-8 Cottonwood / Buckeye
AN-13 Buckeye

International Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Charlie - Sierra
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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Authorized as Cottonwood (YN-8)
  • Renamed Buckeye, 16 October 1940
  • Laid down, 17 March 1941, as Yard Net Tender Buckeye (YN-8), at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 26 July 1941
  • Placed in service, 5 September 1941, LT. Elias Johnson, USNR, in charge
  • Commissioned, USS Buckeye (YN-8), 26 December 1942, at Dutch Harbor, AK., LCDR. Elias Johnson, USNR, in charge
  • Redesignated Net Layer (AN-13), 1 January 1944
  • Decommissioned in March 1947 at Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Eventually, laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1963
  • Transferred in 1963 to the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Reacquired by the Navy,5 May 1976, for use as a salvage training hulk
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 660 t.(lt) 700 t.(fl)
    Length 163' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 48
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Memorial Navy Log Entry for Thomas Henry Fike, ex CO USS Buckeye (AN-13)
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