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USS Yew

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33: 792: 170: 759: 885: 444: 971: 976: 493: 961: 981: 937: 454: 486: 393:; launched on 4 October 1941; sponsored by Miss Alice E. Morgan, daughter of Comdr. A. L. Morgan, USN (Ret.); and placed in service on 1 July 1942. 415:(A728) until she was nominally returned by the French on 21 March 1949 but was sold outright to the French on the same day. Her American name, 956: 479: 396:
Records for Yew's service are practically nonexistent. The fragmentary evidence available shows that the ship was reclassified
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served the French Navy into the mid-1970s before she was sunk at Cikobia Island,
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on 1 January 1944. The net tender was ultimately decommissioned at
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Sold to Malaysian owners; struck a reef off Cikobia Island,
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during World War II. She was later transferred to the
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Mathis & Company 957:Aloe-class net laying ships 292:12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) 998: 935: 918: 744: 512: 219: 161: 24: 20: 300:48 officers and enlisted 506:-class net laying ships 220:General characteristics 419:, was struck from the 312:3 in (76 mm) 232:-class net laying ship 117:AN-37, 1 January 1944 101:Miss Alice E. Morgan 145:Transferred to the 423:on 28 April 1949. 387:Camden, New Jersey 350:United States Navy 284:, single propeller 149:, 30 November 1944 133:30 November 1944, 76:Camden, New Jersey 944: 943: 914: 913: 329: 328: 215:; both ships sunk 98:Sponsored by 989: 889: 887: 886: 796: 794: 793: 763: 761: 760: 746: 496: 489: 482: 473: 446: 445: 433:, 30 July 1978. 197:30 November 1944 178: 173: 172: 171: 41: 36: 35: 34: 18: 997: 996: 992: 991: 990: 988: 987: 986: 947: 946: 945: 940: 931: 910: 884: 882: 877: 791: 789: 784: 765:Ecuadorian Navy 758: 756: 751: 750:Other operators 740: 508: 500: 443: 439: 380: 346:net laying ship 174: 169: 167: 37: 32: 30: 12: 11: 5: 995: 993: 985: 984: 979: 974: 969: 964: 959: 949: 948: 942: 941: 936: 933: 932: 930: 929: 919: 916: 915: 912: 911: 909: 908: 895: 893: 879: 878: 876: 875: 863: 851: 839: 827: 815: 802: 800: 786: 785: 783: 782: 769: 767: 753: 752: 749: 742: 741: 739: 738: 731: 724: 717: 710: 703: 696: 689: 682: 675: 668: 661: 654: 647: 640: 633: 626: 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Index

United States
Yew tree
John H. Mathis & Company
Camden, New Jersey
Oran
French Navy
France
Fiji
Locuste
Aloe-class net laying ship
diesel
3 in (76 mm)
gun mount
20 mm
Aloe-class
net laying ship
United States Navy
French Navy
Locuste (A765)
Fiji
Camden, New Jersey
John H. Mathis & Company
Oran
lend-lease
Navy List
Fiji
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
here
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