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YN-92 / AN-68 Silverleaf

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship: Laid down as Silverleaf (YN-92), 3 February 1943, at Canuelette Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Slidell, LA.; Launched, 11 December 1943; Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-68), 20 January 1944; Commissioned USS Silverleaf (AN-68), 26 May 1944; Decommissioned, 18 April 1946 at San Pedro, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 march 1947, to Joe Medina Enterprises, San Diego, CA. Silverleaf earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,100 t.(lt) 1,275 t.(fl); Length 194' 6"; Beam 37'; Draft 13' 6"; Speed 12.1kts; Complement 56, Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion, direct drive diesel 2,500hp, single propeller.
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