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USS Hackberry (AN-25)
ex
 USS Hackberry (YN-20) (1942 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Kilo - Zulu
 NUKZ
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

USS Hackberry was transferred to France and renamed RFS Araignée (A727)
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. Clarance B. Wegner, USNR, in command
  • Redesignated Net Tender (AN-25), 20 January 1944
  • During World War II USS Hackberry was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of southern France, 15 to 28 August 1944

  • Decommissioned and transferred, under terms of the Lend-Lease Act, to France, 12 November 1944
  • Renamed RFS Araignée (A-727)
  • Sold outright to France, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the U.S. Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS Hackberry earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Decommissioned by the French Navy, 6 May 1976
  • Final Disposition, stricken from Marine Nationale inventory, 13 June 1977
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 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 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two .30 cal. machine guns
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion
    Diesel-electric
    single Main Reduction gear
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 800shp
    RFS Araignée (A727) underway at Toulon France, date unknown.
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    RFS Araignée (A727)
    Hackberry
    091802501     		260k Ex-USS Hackberry (AN-25) in French Naval service as the Boom Defense Vessel RFS Araignée (A727) underway off Toulon France, 5 February 1952 Jacques Druel and
    Robert Hurst
    Hackberry
    091502505    		 147k RFS Araignée (A727) underway off Toulon France, 5 February 1962 Jacques Druel
    Hackberry
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    Hackberry
    091502507    		 287k RFS Araignée (A727) underway off Toulon France, date unknown. Jacques Druel
    Hackberry
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    Hackberry
    091502509    		 254k Jacques Druel
    Hackberry 57k RFS Araignée (A727) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Hackberry 55k RFS Araignée (A727) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Hackberry 40k RFS Araignée A727) underway circa 1960, location unknown.
    Photo Giorgio Arra, from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Hackberry (AN-25)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wegner, Clarence Byron, USNR21 December 1942 - September 1944
    02LT. Breinholt, Vance Lawrence, USNRSeptember 1944 - 12 November 1944
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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