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YN-82 / AN-61 Chinaberry

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Papa - Sierra

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down as (YN-83), at Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, ME.
  • Launched, 19 July 1943
  • Named Chinaberry, 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned, USS Chinaberry (AN-61), 12 March 1944, LCDR. K. G. Cady, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 March 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold, 27 February 1950, fate unknown
    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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    Chinaberry 70k Mrs. Otis M. Mader, the wife of Navy Lieutenant Otis M. Mader, christening YN-82at the Snow Shipyards in Rockland, ME. 19 July 1943. It took Mrs. Mader four tries to finally break the champagne bottle across YN-82s bow. Dave Mader
    Chinaberry 91k YN-82 slipping down the ways after christening, 19 July 1944 at the Snow Shipyards in Rockland, ME. Dave Mader
    Chinaberry 60k Chinaberry (AN-61) underway, date and location unknown. Chinaberry wears a variation of camouflage scheme measure 31 design 20L in this photo. Courtesy Glen Paulson ex RM2/c USS Anaqua
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    DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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