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USS Hoptree (AN-62)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Romeo - India
 NCRI
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 as YN-83, at Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, MA.
  • Launched, 14 October 1943
  • Reclassified AN-62, 20 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Hoptree (AN-62), 18 May 1944, LCDR. Theodore A. Ingham in command
  • Decommissioned, 1 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval, 20 March 1946
  • Sold for commercial service to Van Camp Sea Food Co., San Pedro, CA., 23 April 1947, fate unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1954.
    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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    Hoptree 15k Hoptree (AN-62) underway, 22 December 1944, location unknown. She is painted in a variation of measure 31 design 20L camouflage scheme. US Navy photo Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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