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YN-72 / AN-53 Spicewood

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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:

Laid down, 25 May 1943, as (YN-72) at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.

Redesignated a Net Laying Ship (AN-53), 20 January 1944

Launch, 6 December 1943

Commissioned USS Spicewood (AN-53), 7 April 1944, at Stockton, CA.

Decommissioned, 20 February 1946, at San Pedro, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Sold to Van Camp Seafood Co., Terminal Island, CA.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Spicewood (AN-53) earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,460 t.
Length 194' 6"
Beam 34' 7"
Draft 11' 8"
Speed 12.1 kts.
Complementt 56
Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three twin 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Fleet Reserve Association

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