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YN-30 / AN-35 Teak

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Individual Awards

Bronze Star (LT. Byron Hollett CO USS Teak)
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, as Yard Net Tender, YN-30, 25 October 1940, at John H. Mathias Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 7 July 1941
  • Placed in service as Teak (YN-30), 7 May 1942
  • Commissioned, USS Teak (YN-30), 10 December 1942, at Colon, Panama Canal Zone, Lt. Harl Stanley Day, USNR, in command
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-35), 30 January 1944
  • During World War II Teak was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 24 October to mid November 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Clearing wreckage in the harbor at Manila, 13 March 1945 to 16 April 1945

  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Teak earned two battle stars for World War II service and as a unit of the Ship Salvage, Fire-Fighting and Rescue Unit, Service Force, Seventh Fleet, received the Navy Unit Commendation and LT. Hollett the Bronze Star, for service in support of military operations in the Philippine Islands Area from 17 October 1944 to 10 June 1945.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.(lt) 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, four 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Teak 90k Broadside view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1224-44,    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 90k Stern view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1222-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 93k Bow on view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1226-44,    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 93k Forward plan view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco, 21 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1229-44,    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 93k Aft plan view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco, 21 February 1944. Teak is outboard of an unidentified PCE.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1230-44,    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 88k Forward plan view of Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco, 21 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1231-44,    		 Darryl Baker
    Teak 61k Teak (AN-35) anchored at Hollandia, New Guinea, mid-October 1944. Ships were gathering for the Leyte invasion. Note Teak has a gasoline barge alongside. She was enroute to a northern New Guinea P.T. Base, towing the barge full of gas, when she was ordered return to Hollandia. The barge was tied along side until a tug took the barge in tow to complete the gasoline delivery to the P.T. Base. Teak left in a convoy for Leyte, October 18, 1944. Photo contributed by John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder. Description contributed by Milt Meehan RDM2/c USS Teak
    Teak 155k LT. Byron Hollett, Commanding Officer Teak (AN-35) receiving his Bronze Star from Capt. G.P. Kraker. Alongside LT. Hollett is Reginald Sullivan, former mayor of Indianapolis. Milton Meehan RDM2/c USS Teak
    View the Teak (YN-30 / AN-35)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Click here to view Milt Meehan's log of the voyage of Teak (AN-35)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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