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YN-18 / AN-23 Mahogany

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

Precedence of awards is from left to right
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
  • Commissioned the Yard Net Tender Mahogany (YN-18), 22 December 1942, LT. R. L. Collins in command
  • Redesignated as Net Tending Ship AN-23, 20 January 1944
  • During World War II Mahogany was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Final Disposition, damaged beyond economical repair during Typhoon Ida at Okinawa, 14 September 1945, towed to Guam, stripped of all useable materials, decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and destroyed, 19 April 1946
  • Mahogany earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 805 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 caliber. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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