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USS Catclaw (AN-60)

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Constructed in Maine
World War II service
Atlantic Ocean operations Pacific Ocean operations
Post-war decommissioning
References

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Ship caption= USS Catclaw
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Ship country=United States

1946}}

Ship name=USS Catclaw (YN-81)

Ship namesake=Catclaw

Ship builder=Snow Shipyards Inc., Rockland, Maine

Ship laid down=

Ship launched=22 May 1943

Ship sponsor=Mrs. F. R. Draper

Ship commissioned=14 January 1944
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Ship reclassified=AN-60, 20 January 1944

Ship decommissioned=19 April 1946, Shanghai, China

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Ship fate=transferred to the U.S. State Department for sale to the Republic of China; fate unknown
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Ailanthus|net laying ship}}

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37|ft|m|abbr=on}}

13|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

Ship propulsion=diesel electric, 2,500hp

12|knots|km/h}}

Ship complement=56 officers and enlisted

3|in|mm|abbr=on}} dual purpose gun mount; four twin 20 mm AA gun mounts
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USS Catclaw (AN-60/YN-81) was a {{sclass-|Ailanthus|net laying ship}} which served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Catclaw served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean theatres of the war. Post-war she was decommissioned in China, and transferred to the Republic of China.

Constructed in Maine

Catclaw (YN-81) was launched 22 May 1943 by Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. F. R. Draper: commissioned 14 January 1944, Lieutenant T. A. Wall, USNR, in command; and reclassified AN-60 20 January 1944.

World War II service

Atlantic Ocean operations

Catclaw reported at New London, Connecticut, 10 April 1944 to lay experimental underwater detection and sonar gear until 10 June. At Brooklyn Navy Yard, she was supplied with welding and diving equipment and had radar equipment installed.

Catclaw then sailed on 23 June for a month and a half of duty at Clyde, Scotland. On 20 August she arrived at Cherbourg, where she based until 14 September while laying moorings at Morlaix Roads for cargo ships bypassing the harbor at Brest.

Through November, she played an essential part in the huge task of clearing the harbor of Le Havre, and after a month of operations at Plymouth, England, sailed for Charleston, South Carolina, 9 January 1945, aiding in the escort of a group of disabled ships including LCT-421 which she took in tow.

Pacific Ocean operations

After overhaul, Catclaw sailed from Charleston 15 February 1945 for San Diego, California, to load nets for Pearl Harbor. Here she had duty from 27 March until 25 May, when she cleared for Eniwetok and Guam to deliver nets. After receiving a new propeller at Guam, she sailed to Saipan and Okinawa, where from 13 July to 8 September she conducted salvage operations.

From 10 September to 14 October, she laid harbor buoys and issued dry stores at Sasebo, then returned to Okinawa to load acoustic minesweeping equipment for use in Japanese waters. She operated to support minesweepers off northern Kyūshū through January 1946, then operated at Kobe until 14 March.

Post-war decommissioning

Catclaw sailed then to Shanghai, where she was decommissioned 19 April 1946. The next day she was transferred to the U.S. Department of State for sale to the Republic of China.

References

{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c4/catclaw.htm}}
NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-81 / AN-60 Catclaw

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