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USS Anticline (YO-62)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Tango - Yankee
NETY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS Anticline (YO-62) was transferred to France under terms of the Lend-lease program, renamed RFS Loc Chambon (A629)

Bullwheel Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Laid down, 7 September 1942, at R.T.C. Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Launched, 20 February 1943

Commissioned USS Anticline (YO-62), at Philadelphia, 17 April 1943

During World War II USS Anticline was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**European Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

Decommissioned, 20 December 1944 and transferred to France under terms of the Lend-lease program, renamed RFS Loc Chambon (A629)

Returned to US Naval custody, 21 March 1949

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949

Placed out of service by the French navy in 1973

Loc Chambon disarmed, 1 April 1974, redesignated Q-516

Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 4 June 1974

USS Anticline earned two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 660 t.
Length 235'
Beam 37'
Draft 14' 10"
Speed 10.6 kts.
Complement 4 officers, 30 enlisted
Armament none
Propulsion Diesel engines, two shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
RFS Lac Chambon (A629)
	123k	*RFS Lac Chambon* (A629)** underway, circa 1956, location unknown. Photo courtesy Skyfotos.	Robert Hurst
	67k	*RFS Lac Chambon* (A629)** tied up at Sainte Jeanne d'Arc à Faré Uté, in Papeete Harbor, Tahiti, French Polynesia in May 1967. Photo from Marine Nationale.	Robert Hurst
	106k	Ex-*USS Anticline* (YO-62) in French naval service as RFS Lac Chambon (A629)** moored pierside at Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia in 1968.	Robert Hurst
	91k	*RFS Lac Chambon* (A629)** underway, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	57k	*RFS Lac Chambon* (A629)** underway, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	95k	*RFS Lac Chambon* (A629)** underway in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia in 1972. Photo from Marine Nationale.	Robert Hurst

USS Anticline (YO-62)
DANFS entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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