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YN-113 / AN-87 Passaic

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Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Passaic (AN-87) was transferred to the Dominican Republic and renamed Calderas (P-209)
Cohoes Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 25 April 1944, at Leathen Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • Launched, 29 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Passaic (AN-87), 6 March 1945
  • Decommissioned in March 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., in July 1963
  • Transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1976, renamed, Calderas (P-209)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Decommissioned by the Dominican Republic Navy in the 1990s, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 775 t.
    Length 168' 6"
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 10' 9"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 46
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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    Passaic 45k Passaic (AN-87) underway, date and location unknown. Note dazzle camouflage scheme, a variant of measure 31 design 20L.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1952.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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