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YN-24 Poplar / Hazel
AN-29 Hazel

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as Yard Net Tender Poplar (YN-24), at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Renamed Hazel prior to launching
  • Launched, 15 February 1941
  • Placed in service as Hazel (YN-24), 27 October 1941, LTjg A. W. Brown commanding
  • Commissioned USS Hazel (YN-24) 17 December 1942
  • Redesignated (AN-29), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 11 February 1958, at Mayport, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(fl) 850 t.(fl)
    Length 163' 2"
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 48
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel
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