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YN-26 / AN-31 Rosewood

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Kilo - Uniform
 NWKU
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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Rosewood(AN-31) was transferred to France, renamed RFS Libellule (A730);
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 October 1940, as the Yard Net Tender Rosewood (YN-26), at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Launched, 1 March 1941
  • Placed in service, 13 September 1941, LT. D. Nicoli, Jr., USNR, in charge
  • Commissioned, USS Rosewood (YN-26) 18 June 1942;
  • During World War II Rosewood was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Redesignated Net Tender (AN-26), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 10 June 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 28 October 1968, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reacquired by the Navy for sale to France under terms of the Military Assistance Program
  • Delivered to France in January 1969, renamed RFS Libellule (A730)
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, near Brest, France, in 1983
    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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    RFS Libellule (A730)
    Aloe 43k Ex-Rosewood (AN-31) underway while in French Naval service as RFS Libellule (A-730), date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry 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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