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YN-71 / AN-52 Snowbell

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship
  • Laid down as Snowbell (YN-71), 3 May 1943, at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.
  • Launched, 14 September 1943
  • Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-52), 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Snowbell (AN-52), 16 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. Robert W. Nordstrom, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Snowbell was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Damaged beyond economical repair by Typhoon Louise off Okinawa, 9 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 5 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, hulk blown up, 14 January 1946
  • Snowbell received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,100 t.(lt) 1,275 t.(fl)
    Length 194' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 12.1 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel 2,500hp
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    snowbell 124k Snowbell (AN-52) tending nets, date and place unknown. Courtesy Charles Fitch
    snowbell 108k Snowbell (AN-52) moored pierside with her main deck loaded with nets and floats, date and place unknown. Courtesy Charles Fitch
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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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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