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YN-60 / AN-41 Baretta

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:

Laid down, 19 December 1942, as Yard Net Tender Baretta (YN-60) at Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA

Launched, 9 October 1943

Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-41), 20 January 1944

Commissioned USS Baretta (AN-41), 18 March 1944, Lcdr. Ravenel L. Collins, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 4 April 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Baretta received one battle star for her service during World War II

Specifications:
Displacement 1,100 t.
Length 194' 7"
Beam 37'
Draft 13' 6"
Speed 12.1 kts.
Complement 56
Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, four twin 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Baretta (YN-60)
	104k	Baretta (YN-60) at the fitting out pier, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA., fall 1943.	Sandra Carle
USS Baretta (AN-41)
	106k	Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine under salvage by Baretta (AN-41) and Catclaw (AN-60) at Untan Ro (Okinawa), in July-September 1945. The submarine had been sunk there by U.S. planes during the Okinawa campaign. Note its counter-rotating propellers. Photograph was released for publication 21 January 1946. US National Archives photo # 80-G-350051, a US Navy photo, now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
	92k	Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine under salvage by Baretta (AN-41) and Catclaw (AN-60) at Untan Ro (Okinawa), in July-September 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-350052, a US Navy photo, now in the collection of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	96k	Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine under salvage by Baretta (AN-41) and Catclaw (AN-60) at Untan Ro (Okinawa), in July-September 1945.LST-809 can be seen in background. US National Archives photo # 80-G-350054, a US Navy photo, now in the collection of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	72k	Baretta (AN 41) forward cargo hold. Note the round buoys, eleven of them were loaded into this area.	Glen Paulson, RM/2c USS Anaqua
	66k	Baretta (AN 41) with a Fleet Mooring and Individual Ship Protection (ISP) net on her after deck	Glen Paulson, RM/2c USS Anaqua

View the Baretta (AN-41)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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