USS Aloe
Aloe (YN-1), at the net depot at Tiburon, California, 1941. The ship is painted in the then-standard prewar No. 5 Navy gray, and carries her hull number (1) just forward of her foremast. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Aloe |
| Namesake | Aloe, also written Aloë, is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants. |
| Builder | Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down | 14 October 1940, as (YN-1) |
| Launched | 11 January 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1942 as USS Aloe (YN-1) |
| Decommissioned | 3 August 1946, at Portland, Oregon |
| In service | 11 June 1941 |
| Reclassified | AN-6, 31 January 1944 |
| Stricken | 9 October 1962 |
| Homeport | Tiburon, California |
| Honours & awards | three battle stars for her World War II service |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 14 May 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aloe-class net laying ship |
| Tonnage | 560 tons |
| Displacement | 805 tons |
| Length | 163 ft 2 in (49.73 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel engine, single propeller |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
| Complement | 48 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; two 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns |
USS Aloe (AN-6/YN-1) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.