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USS Teaberry (AN-34)
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 USS Teaberry (YN-29)
Teaberry (YN-29)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Charlie
 NWDC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship
  • Laid down, as Yard Net Tender (YN-29), 25 October 1940, at John H. Mathias Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1941
  • Placed in service as Teaberry (YN-29), 16 March 1942
  • Commissioned, USS Teaberry (YN-29), date unknown
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-34), 20 January 1944
  • During World War II USS Teaberry was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, mid-September to 29 November 1944
  • Decommissioned, 14 December 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Recommissioned, 19 April 1952
  • Decommissioned, 7 July 1961
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1961
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 January 1962, to Pacific Towboat and Salvage Co.
  • USS Teaberry earned one battle star for World War II service
    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 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Teaberry 156k Starboard broadside, down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Chaleston, S.C. photo # 925-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 186k Starboard bow, down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Chaleston, S.C. photo # 924-44    		 Glenn Paulson, Courtesy George Cates JOC USN Ret. USS Teaberry and Robert Hall
    Teaberry 93k Starboard broadside view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Chaleston, S.C. photo # 920-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 175k Bow down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Chaleston, S.C. photo # 923-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 106k Stern view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Chaleston, S.C. photo # 922-44    		 Robert Hall
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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