USS Catalpa (AN-10)
Catalpa underway off Portland, Oregon, 9 June 1941, during builders trials | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Catalpa |
| Namesake | A tree of China, Japan, and North America |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | as YN-5, date unknown |
| Launched | 22 February 1941 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. E. B. Colton |
| Commissioned | 22 May 1942 as USS Catalpa (YN-5) at Alameda, California |
| Recommissioned | 7 August 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 21 October 1946, at Astoria, Oregon; 7 October 1955, at New London, Connecticut |
| In service | as Catalpa (YN-5), date unknown |
| Reclassified | AN-10, 20 January 1944 |
| Stricken | Unknown |
| Homeport | Tiburon, California |
| Honours & awards | two battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aloe-class net laying ship |
| Tonnage | 560 tons |
| Displacement | 850 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 |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
| Complement | 44 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, three 20 mm guns, one y-gun |
USS Catalpa (AN-10/YN-5) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.