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YN-115 / AN-89 Tonawanda


USS Tonawanda (AN-89) was transferred to Haiti Jean Jacques Dessalines (MH-101)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Cohoes Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 September 1944, at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon, WI.
  • Launched, 14 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tonawanda (AM-89), 9 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 9 August 1946, at Orange TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Recommissioned, 18 March 1952, at Orange
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1959, at Bayonne, N.J.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New York Group
  • Transferred (leased) to Haiti under terms of the Military Assistance Program, 25 May 1960, renamed Jean Jacques Dessalines (MH-101)
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold outright to Haiti in late 1979
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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    Tonawanda 57k Tonawanda (AN-89) in Narragansett Bay removing a buoy, near Gould Island, R.I., circa 1952-59. Ronald B. Hart USS Tonawanda
    Tonawanda 87k Tonawanda (AN-89) moored at Melville, R.I., winter of circa 1952-59. Yosemite (AD-19) is in the background. Ronald B. Hart USS Tonawanda
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    DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Net Depot - Melville, Rhode Island
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