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USS Mahogany (AN-23)
ex
 USS Mahogany (YN-18) (1942 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Papa - Bravo
 NBPB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 October 1940, at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Launched, 18 February 1941
  • Placed in service, 14 September 1941, as Mahogany (YN-18) LT. Ravenel L. Collins, USNR, Officer in Charge
  • Commissioned Yard Net Tender USS Mahogany (YN-18), 22 December 1942, LT. Ravenel L. Collins, USNR, in command
  • Redesignated as Net Tending Ship AN-23, 20 January 1944
  • During World War II USS Mahogany was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 April to 30 June 1945
  • Damaged beyond economical repair during Typhoon Ida at Okinawa, 14 September 1945
  • Towed to Guam, stripped of all usable materials
  • Final Disposition, decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and destroyed, 19 April 1946
  • USS Mahogany earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 700 t.(fl) 805 t.(lim)
    Length 162' 2""
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8" (lim)
    Speed 12.5 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 44
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two .50 cal machine guns
    one y-gun.
    Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel-electric engine
    Single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ships Service Generators
    Single propeller, 800shp
    Fuel Capacity - Diesel 620 Bbls
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    Mahogany 223k USS Mahogany (AN-23) under way in San Pedro Bay, CA., 1 September 1944.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 73433    		 Stan Svec
    USS Mahogany (YN-18 / AN-23)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Collins, Ravenel Lewis, USNR (Officer in Charge)14 September 1941 - 22 September 1942YN-18
    01LT. Collins, Ravenel Lewis, USNR22 September 1942 - 14 December 1943YN-18
    02LT. Rollings, Philip Albert, USNR14 December 1943 - 10 August 1944YN-18 / AN-23
    03LT. Sullivan, William H. L., USNR10 August 1944 - 20 November 1945AN-23
    04LT. Murphy, William N., USNR20 November 1945 - 10 March 1946AN-23
    05ENS. Connelly Jr., Ernest Clyde, USNR10 March 1946 - 19 April 1946AN-23
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Net Tender Stories
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    Last Updated 9 September 2016