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YN-98 / AN-79 Etlah

International Radio Call Sign: November - Delta - Delta - Lima
Tactical Radio Call Sign: Indigo November

USS Etlah (AN-79) was transferred to the Dominican Republic and renamed Cambiaso (P-207)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Cohoes Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched 16 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Etlah (AN-79) 16 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1947, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Recommissioned, 10 August 1951
  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1960, at San Diego, CA.
  • Transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1976, renamed, Cambiaso (P-207)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, decommissioned by the Dominican Republic in the 1990s, reduced to a hulk in 1994
  • Etlah received two battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 775 t.
    Length 168' 6"
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 10' 10"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 46
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, three single 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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    Etlah 59k Etlah (AN-79) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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