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YN-77 / AN-58 Abele

Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship: Laid down, as Yard Net Tender Abele (YN-77), 8 January 1943, at Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, NC; Launched, 19 August 1943; Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-58), 20 January 1944; Commissioned USS Abele (AN-58), 2 June 1944, at Morehead City, NC.; Decommissioned, 1 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946; Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 7 May 1947, for disposal; Final Disposition, fate unknown. Abele won one battle star for her World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 785 t.; Length 168' 6"; Beam 33' 10"; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 12.3 kts; Complement 46, Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three twin 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, diesel electric, 2,500hp.
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