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YN-61 / AN-42 Cliffrose


USS Cliffrose (AN-42) was transferred to the Republic of China
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship
  • Laid down (date unknown) as Yard Net Tender Cliffrose (YN-61) at Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA.
  • Launched, 27 November 1943
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-42), 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Cliffrose (AN-42), 30 April 1944, LCDR. G. Montague, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Cliffrose was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    World War II Campaigns
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September to December 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, 7 January 1947, at Shanghai, China
  • Turned over to the State Department for transfer to the Republic of China
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Cliffrose received two battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,100 t.
    Length 194' 7"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 12.1 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500shp
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    Cliffrose 61k Cliffrose (AN-42), loaded after deck, date and place unknown Glen Paulson RM2 USS Anaqua
    Cliffrose 123k Cliffrose (AN-42) forward deck, date and place unknown Glen Paulson RM2 US Anaqua
    Cliffrose 77k Cliffrose (AN-42) foreground, with Baretta (AN-41) in background, loading net material for Peleliu invasion, circa September 1944. Glen Paulson RM2 USS Anaqua
    Cliffrose 43k Cliffrose (AN-42) in a harbor, circa 1945.
    US Navy photo # NH 84683, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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