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YN-73 Sumac / Manchineel
AN-54 Manchineel

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Authorized as Sumac (YN-73)
  • Renamed Manchineel, 3 April 1943
  • Laid down, 8 June 1943, as Manchineel (YN-73) at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.
  • Launched, 1 January 1944
  • Redesignated a Net Laying Ship (AN-54), 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Manchineel (AN-54), 26 April 1944
  • Decommissioned, 11 March 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 June 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold, 20 June 1947, to Walter H. Wilms, fate unknown
    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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    Manchineel 44k Manchineel (AN-54) pierside Terminal Island Small Craft Training Center, June 1944 before departing for Pearl Harbor. This view is looking forward from the bridge toward the bow. James D. McGrew USS Manchineel
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    DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
    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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