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YN-20 Maple / Hackberry
AN-25 Hackberry


USS Hackberry was transferred to France and renamed RFS L'Araignee
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (22 August 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as the Yard Net Tender Maple (YN-20), at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Renamed Hackberry, 16 October 1941; Launched, 28 October 1941
  • Commissioned, USS Hackberry (YN-20) 21 December 1942, LT. C. B. Wegner in command
  • Redesignated (AN-25), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned and transferred, under terms of the Lend-Lease Act, to France, 12 November 1944
  • renamed RFS L'Araignee
  • Sold outright to France, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition fate unknown
  • Hackberry earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 850 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 .30 cal. machine guns
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel
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    Hackberry 32k Ex-Hackberry (AN-25) in French Naval service as the Boom Defense Vessel RFS L'Araignee, circa 1954. Robert Hurst
    View the DANFS history for Hackberry (AN-25) at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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