USS Yew (AN-37)

USS Yew (AN-37)

USS "Yew" (AN-37/YN-32) was an "Aloe"-class net laying ship which served with the U.S. Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean theatre of operations during World War II. She was assigned to serve the U.S. Atlantic Fleet with her protective anti-submarine nets. Post-war she was transferred to the French Navy.

Launched in Camden, New Jersey

"Yew" (YN-37) was laid down on 22 May 1941 at Camden, New Jersey, by the John H. Mathis Co.; 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.

World War II service

Records for Yew's service are practically nonexistent. The fragmentary evidence available shows that the ship was reclassified "AN-37" on 1 January 1944. The net tender was ultimately decommissioned at Oran, Algeria, on 30 November 1944 and simultaneously transferred to the French Navy under lend-lease.

ervice under the French Navy

She served as "Scorpion" (A-728) 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, "Yew", was struck from the Navy list on 28 April 1949. "Scorpion" served the French Navy into the mid-1970s before she was sunk at Cikobia Island, Fiji, 30 July 1978.

ee also

* United States Navy
* World War II

References

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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/18/18037.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-32 / AN-37 Yew]


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