USS Butternut (YAG-60)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Butternut (YAG-60) |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 11 March 1941, as YN-4 (Yard Net Tender) |
| Launched: | 10 May 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 13 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 July 1969 |
| Reclassified: | AN-9 (Net Laying Ship), January 1944 ANL-9 (Net Laying Ship), 1 January 1969 YAG-60, 1969 |
| Struck: | 18 July 1969 |
| Honours and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Destroyed as a target, June 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Aloe-class net laying ship |
| Displacement: | 500 long tons (508 t) light 760 long tons (772 t) full load |
| Length: | 151 ft 8 in (46.23 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engine, single shaft |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Armament: | • 1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun mount • 3 × 20 mm guns • 1 × depth charge projector (Y-gun) |
USS Butternut (AN-9/YN-4/ANL-9/YAG-60) was laid down as a yard net tender on 11 March 1941 at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard; launched on 10 May 1941; and placed in service at the Puget Sound Navy Yard on 3 September 1941, Lieutenant Andreas S. Einmo, USNR, in charge.
After fitting out at Puget Sound the ship began service with the Inshore Patrol, 13th Naval District, early in October. She tended antisubmarine nets and performed minesweeping tasks until May 1942. On 13 May 1942, USS Butternut was placed in commission at Seattle, Washington, Lieutenant Andreas S. Einmo, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Butternut (YAG-60): World War II Pacific Theater Operations, Post-War Net Laying Assignments, Pacific Missile Test Support, Decommissioning, Post-decommissioning Activity, Awards