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YN-9 Dogwood / Buckthorn
AN-14 Buckthorn

International Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Foxtrot - Mike
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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Authorized as Yard Net Tender Dogwood (YN-3)
  • Named changed to Buckthorn, 16 October 1940
  • Laid down, 5 December 1940, as the Yard Net Tender Buckthorn (YN-9) at General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 27 March 1941
  • Placed in service, 16 September 1941, at Mare Island Navy Yard, LT. Lewis Williams. USNR. in charge
  • Commissioned, USS Buckthorn (YN-9), 9 December 1942
  • Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-14), 1 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 20 August 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July1963
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administrations's National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 700 t.(fl)
    Length 151' 8"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 10' 6"
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 40
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    three 20mm AA gun mounts
    one y-gun
    Propulsion diesel electric, singe screw
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    Buckthorn 29k Buckthorn (AN-14) at anchor, March 1943, place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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