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USS Palm (AN-28)
ex
 USS Palm (YN-23) (1941 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Yankee
 NWDY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 October 1940, as a Yard Net Tender at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Launched, 1 February 1941
  • Commissioned USS Palm (YN-23), 21 August 1941, at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH., LCDR Charles H. O’Neil, USNR, in command
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-28), 20 January 1944
  • During World War II USS Palm was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 9 August 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 26 June 1961
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 1 September 1962
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 22 June 1971, to Hatch and Kirk Inc., delivered, 19 July 1971
    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 cal 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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    Palm 208k Ex-USS Palm (AN-28) moored pierside at Hatch & Kirk pier, Seattle, WA. after July 1971. Stan Svec
    USS Palm (YN-23 / AN-28)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. O'Neil, Charles Herbert, USNR21 August 1941 - June 1942YN-23
    02LTjg. Naulty III, Charles William, USNRJune 1942 - September 1942YN-23
    03LT. Cady, Kenneth Gerard, USNRSeptember 1942 - December 1942YN-23
    04LT. Naulty III, Charles William, USNRDecember 1942 - December 1943YN-23
    05LT. Smith, Benjamin Adams, USNRDecember 1943 - June 1944YN-23 / AN-28
    06LT. Heyne, Clifford Victor, USNRJune 1944 - December 1945AN-28
    07LT. Rodrigue Jr., Louis George, USNRDecember 1945 - April 1946AN-28
    08LTjg. Wolcott, Edward Watson, USNRApril 1946 - 9 August 1946AN-28
    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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