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YN-76 / AN-57 Viburnum

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Kilo - Lima
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (3 KIA, 28 October 1944, Ulithi Atoll)
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 9 December 1943, as (YN-76) at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA.
  • Redesignated a Net Laying Ship (AN-56), 1 January 1944
  • Launch, 26 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Viburnum (AN-57), 2 June 1944, at Stockton, CA., LT. Benjamin A. Smith, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, and placed in service, 12 July 1945, at San Diego, CA.
  • Placed out of service, 3 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 August 1947, for disposal
  • Sold to Walter K. Wilms and Co., at Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped
    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 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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