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YN-74 / AN-55 Torchwood

USS Torchwood (AN-55) was transferred to the Republic of China

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:

Laid down, 2 June 1943, as Torchwood (YN-74) at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.

Redesignated a Net Laying Ship (AN-55), 20 January 1944

Launch, 19 February 1944

Commissioned USS Torchwood (AN-55), 12 May 1944, at San Francisco, CA.

Decommissioned, 26 October 1946, at Shanghai, China and turned over to to the US State Department, Foriegn Liquidation Commission

Transferred to the Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947

Final Disposition, 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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