USS Catalpa (AN-10)

USS Catalpa (AN-10)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Catalpa.
Career (USA)
Name: USS Catalpa
Namesake: A tree of China, Japan, and North America
Builder: Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down: as YN-5, date unknown
Launched: 22 February 1941
Sponsored by: Mrs. E. B. Colton
Commissioned: 22 May 1942 as USS Catalpa (YN-5) at Alameda, California
Recommissioned: 7 August 1950
Decommissioned: 21 October 1946, at Astoria, Oregon; 7 October 1955, at New London, Connecticut
In service: as Catalpa (YN-5), date unknown
Reclassified: AN-10, 20 January 1944
Struck: date unknown
Homeport: Tiburon, California
Honours and
awards:
two battle stars for World War II service
Fate: fate unknown
General characteristics
Type: Aloe-class net laying ship
Tonnage: 560 tons
Displacement: 850 tons
Length: 163' 2"
Beam: 30' 6"
Draft: 11' 8"
Propulsion: diesel engine
Speed: 12.5 knots
Complement: 44 officers and enlisted
Armament: one single 3"/50 gun mount, three 20mm guns, one y-gun

USS Catalpa (AN-10/YN-5) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.

Read more about USS Catalpa (AN-10):  Built in Portland, Oregon, World War Service, Post-war Inactivation, Korean War Era Service, Final Decommissioning, Honors and Awards