USS Redwood

USS Redwood (AN-30/YN-25) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the US Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.

USS Redwood (AN-30) underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	Redwood
Namesake	Redwood
Builder	Amship Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Yard number	814
Laid down	18 October 1940
Launched	22 February 1941
Commissioned	12 December 1942
Decommissioned	6 June 1947
Reclassified	20 January 1944, AN-30
Identification	Hull symbol: YN-25 Hull symbol: AN-30 Code letters: NWGY
Fate	Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group, 6 June 1947 Transferred to the Maritime Administration 5 June 1961 Sold for non-transportation use, 21 November 1974, withdrawn from fleet, 8 January 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Aloe-class net laying ship
Displacement	700 long tons (710 t) (Light load) 805 long tons (818 t) (Full load)
Length	162 ft 2 in (49.43 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Installed power	1 × Enterprise DSG-6 Diesel-electric engine 800 shp (600 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear 1 × screw
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	48 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun mount 3 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons 1 × Y-gun

Construction

Redwood was laid down by the Amship Lorain, in Lorain, Ohio, 18 October 1940; launched 22 February 1941; and commissioned 12 December 1942.

Service history

Following shakedown, Redwood steamed south to the British West Indies. Engaged in the installation of torpedo nets at Trinidad, until March 1943, she shifted to Antigua, in April, tending nets there through May. Net maintenance activities at Barbados, St. Thomas, and St. Lucia Islands followed and in mid August, she commenced similar activities at Guantanamo Bay. For the remainder of World War II she tended nets there and at ports on Hispaniola.

Reclassified AN-30, 20 January 1944, Redwood returned to Trinidad in August 1945, and through September, assisted in disposal of nets at sea.

Decommissioning

Redwood then sailed for the US East Coast and, after availability at Charleston Navy Yard, she reported on 24 November 1945, to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she decommissioned 6 June 1947. On 5 June 1961, she was transferred to the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall.

On 21 November 1974, she was sold for non-transportation use to Boston Metals Co., for $33,666.66. She was removed from the fleet on 8 January 1975.

Bibliography

• "Amship Loain, Lorain, OH". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
• "USS Redwood (AN-30)". NavSource.org. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
• Maritime Administration. "Redwood". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
• "Redwood". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.