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YN-17 / AN-22 Locust

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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, APR43)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS Locust also transferred to France and renamed 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), 13 July 1941
  • Commissioned, USS Locust (YN-17) in December 1942, LT. R. Jordan, USNR, in command
  • 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
  • Transferred (sold) to France under the Military Assistance Program (date unknown) and renamed Locuste (A-765)
  • Decommissioned (date unknown) by the French Navy and sold to a Malaysian shipowner
  • Final Disposition, with Scorpion (A-728) [ex-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) 850 t.(fl)
    Length 163' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 48
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 gun mount
    two .30 cal. machine guns
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion direct drive diesel, single propeller
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    RFS Locuste (A-765)
    Locust 72k ex-Locust (AN-22) in French service as Le gabare Locuste (A-765), underway, date and location unknown. Michel Martin
    View the DANFS history for Locust (AN-22) at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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