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USS Locust (AN-22)
ex
 USS Locust (YN-17) (1942 - 1944)
 Locust (YN-17) (1941 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Oscar - Yankee
 NBOY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 5 April 1943) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS Locust also transferred to France and renamed RFS Locuste (A-765)
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 October 1940, at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Launched, 1 February 1941
  • Placed in service as Locust (YN-17) in August 1941
  • Commissioned, USS Locust (YN-17) in December 1942, LT. Robert A. Jordan, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Locust 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 southern Solomons, 5 April 1943

  • Redesignated (AN-22), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 8 July 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • USS Locust (YN-17) earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred, sold, to France under the Military Assistance Program, date unknown, and renamed RFS Locuste (A-765)
  • Decommissioned, date unknown, by the French Navy and sold to a Malaysian ship owner
  • Final Disposition, with Scorpion (A-728) [ex-USS Yew (AN-37)] in tow Locuste (A-765) struck a reef off Cikobia Island, Fiji, 30 July 1978, causing both vessels to sink
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(fl) 805 t.(fl)
    Length 163' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8"
    Speed 12.5 kts
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 44
    Largest Boom Capacity12 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    one single 40mm AA gun mount
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 620 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel engine
    single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 800shp
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    Locust (YN-17)
    Locust 126k Locust (YN-17) on builders trials at 7 knots near Cleveland, Ohio, 5 August 1941. The small object wrapped in canvas forward of the bridge is her (as built) 3"/23 gun.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-34503, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Derick Hartshorn and Robert Hurst
    Locust 159k Locust (YN-17) returns to her builders yard after undergoing her first trial runs on Lake Erie, 5 August 1941.
    A.P. wirephoto.    		 David Wright
    RFS Locuste (A-765)
    Locust 72k Ex-Locust (AN-22) in French service as Le gabare RFS Locuste (A-765), under way, date and location unknown. Michel Martin
    USS Locust (YN-17 / AN-22)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Jordan Jr., Robert Albert, USNR (OIC)14 July 1942 - December 1942YN-17
    01LT. Jordan Jr., Robert Albert, USNRDecember 1942 - 21 June 1943YN-17
    02LT. Horrocks Jr., Harry Edward, USNR21 June 1943 - 9 August 1943YN-17
    03LT. Curran, Edward Joseph, USNR9 August 1943 - 9 July 1944YN-17 / AN-22
    04LT. North, William R. D., USNR9 July 1944 - 17 October 1945AN-22
    05LTjg. Neill, Walter Robert, USNR17 October 1945 - 16 April 1946AN-22
    06LTjg. Burnside, Allan Henry, USNR16 April 1946 - 10 May 1946AN-22
    07ENS. Stoudt, James Robert, USNR10 May 1946 - 8 June 1946AN-22
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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