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USS Teaberry (AN-34)
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 USS Teaberry (YN-29)
Teaberry (YN-29)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Charlie
 NWDC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Aloe Class Net Laying Ship
  • Laid down, 25 October 1940, as Yard Net Tender (YN-29) at John H. Mathias Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1941
  • Placed in service as Teaberry (YN-29), 16 March 1942, LT. Fred W. Valley USNR Officer in Charge
  • Commissioned, USS Teaberry (YN-29), date unknown
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-34), 20 January 1944
  • During World War II USS Teaberry was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 14 December 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Recommissioned, 19 April 1952, LT. L. W. Bell, USN, in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 July 1961
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1961
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 January 1962, to Pacific Towboat and Salvage Co.
    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.
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 665 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel-electric engine
    single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ships Service Generators
    single propeller, 800shp
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    Teaberry 156k Starboard broadside, down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 925-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 186k Starboard bow, down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 924-44    		 Glenn Paulson, Courtesy George Cates JOC USN Ret. USS Teaberry and Robert Hall
    Teaberry 93k Starboard broadside view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 920-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 175k Bow down view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944. Photo taken from Cooper River Bridge.
    Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 923-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 106k Stern view of USS Teaberry (AN-34) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston S.C,, 25 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 922-44    		 Robert Hall
    Teaberry 116k USS Teaberry (AN-34) near the Charleston, S.C., Navy Yard, 25 April, 1944. The tall radar mast amidships appears only on this ship. Its purpose is unknown.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-66163 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Mike Green
    Teaberry 205k USS Teaberry (AN-34) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 84682 Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1976.    		 USNH&HC
    USS Teaberry (AN-34)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT/LCDR. Valley, Fred Wilson, USNR16 March 1942 - 20 November 1943
    02LT. Little, David Bruce, USNR20 November 1943 - 19 July 1944
    03LT. Watson, Robert Frank, USNR19 July 1944 - 9 November 1945
    04LT. Holmes, Laurence Reginald, USNR9 November 1945 - 14 December 1946
     Decommissioned14 December 1946 - 19 April 1952
    05LT. Bell, Louis Whorton, USN19 April 1952 - ?
    06LCDR. Kilcoyne, William Mitscher USN1955 - 18 March 1957
    07LT. Bridge, Daniel Thomas, USN 18 March 1957 - 1 July 1959
    08LT. Jordan, James Stewart, USN (USNA 1953) 1 July 1959 - 7 July 1959
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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