USS Cinchona
Cinchona underway near her builders yard during trials, 8 August 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cinchona |
| Namesake | Various trees the dried bark of which produces quinine |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | as (YN-7), date unknown |
| Launched | 2 July 1941 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. W. Casey |
| Commissioned | 20 December 1942 as USS Cinchona (YN-7) |
| Decommissioned | 6 November 1946, at Vancouver, Washington |
| In service | 15 August 1941 as Cinchona (YN-7) |
| Reclassified | AN-12, 20 December 1944 |
| Stricken | Unknown |
| Homeport | Tiburon, California |
| Honors & awards | Two battle stars: under attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Mariana Islands operation |
| Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration, 1 June 1961; sold for non-transportation use, 17 February 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aloe-class net laying ship |
| Tonnage | 660 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, single propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 48 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; four 0.5 in (12.7 mm). machine guns; one y-gun |
USS Cinchona (AN-12/YN-7) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.