Built in West Virginia
Larch (YN-16) was laid down 18 October 1940 by Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia; launched 2 July 1941; and placed in service 13 December 1941, Lt. C. B. Coale, USNR, in command.
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