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YN-78 / AN-59 Terebinth

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Lima - Whiskey

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - 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, 24 March 1943, as the Yard Net Tender Balm (YN-78), at Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, N.C.
  • Launched, 19 August 1943
  • Renamed Terebinth, 7 December 1943
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-59), 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Terebinth (AN-59), 5 August 1944, LT. Sandrup Bernsen, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Terebinth was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 31 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold to Van Camp Sea Food Co., San Pedro, 23 April 1946
  • Terebinth received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,100 t.
    Length 194' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp.
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    Terebinth 72k Terebinth (AN-59) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Glen Paulson RM2/c USS Anaqua
    Terebinth 105k Terebinth (AN-59) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Glen Paulson RM2/c USS Anaqua
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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