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YN-68 / AN-49 Papaya

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, as Yard Net Tender Papaya (YN-68), 2 November 1942, at Pollack Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.
  • Launched, 23 May 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Papaya (YN-68), 1 December 1943
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-49), 20 January 1944
  • Decommissioned, 31 January 1946, at Terminal Island, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Papaya earned two battle stars for WorldWar II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,100 t.(lt) 1,275 t.(fl)
    Length 194' 7"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 56, Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, four twin 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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