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USS Ash (AN-7)
ex
 Ash (YN-2) (1941 - 1942)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Papa - Mike
 NAPM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Service Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal -World War II Victory Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as Yard Net Tender (YN-2), at Lake Washington Shipyards Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 15 February 1941
  • Placed in service as Ash (YN-2), 1 July 1941, LT. Charles E. Ide, USNR, Officer in Charge
  • Ash (YN-2) was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
  • Redesignated as a Net Layer and commissioned USS Ash (AN-7), 20 December 1942, LT. Joseph H. Russell, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 13 December 1946, at Vancouver, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Ash earned one battle star for World War II service as YN-2
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 14 May 1971, to I. D. Logan, delivered, 10 June 1971
    Specifications:
    Displacement 700 t.(fl) 805 t.(lim)
    Length 162' 2""
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 11' 8" (lim)
    Speed 12.5 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 44
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two .50 cal machine guns
    one y-gun.
    Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel-electric engine
    Single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ships Service Generators
    Single propeller, 800shp
    Fuel Capacity - Diesel 620 Bbls
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    Ash (YN-2)
    Ash 78k Ash (YN-2) under way, circa 1941 in Measure 1 camouflage--dark green with light gray mast tops. Note the specially designed lifting "horns" forward, as well as the heavy boom at the foremast.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-45027, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Ash (AN-7)
    Ash 61k USS Ash (AN-7) entering San Francisco Bay in May 1946. Note the homeward bound pennant.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Ash [YN-2 / USS Ash (AN-7)]
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Ide, Charles Eugene, USNR (Officer in Charge)1 July 1941 - 20 December 1942YN-2
    02LT. Russell, Joseph Herman, USNR20 December 1942 - 21 November 1943AN-7
    03LT. Budzik, James S., USNR21 November 1943 - 10 April 1944AN-7
    04LT. Bogdan, Joseph George, USNR10 April 1944 - 21 July 1945AN-7
    05LT. Davern, William Thomas, USN21 July 1945 - 13 December 1946AN-7
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Net Tender Stories
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    Last Updated 2 September 2016