USS Sandalwood
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USS Sandalwood (YN-27/AN-32) was an Aloe-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the French Navy as Luciole. She was stricken from the French Navy and sold to Malaysian owners, but her fate beyond that is unreported in secondary sources.
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United States | |
Name | USS Sandalwood (YN-27) |
Namesake | sandalwood tree |
Builder | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 18 October 1940 |
Launched | 6 March 1941 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J. L. Wallace |
In service | 25 October 1941 as Sandalwood (YN-27) |
Commissioned | date unknown |
Reclassified | AN-32, 20 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 August 1946, Portland, Oregon |
Stricken | September 1967 |
Fate | transferred to the French Navy, September 1967 |
History | |
France | |
Name | Luciole |
Acquired | September 1967 |
Fate | Sold to Malaysian owners |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aloe-class net laying ship |
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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 | direct drive diesel, single propeller |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
Complement | 48 officers and enlisted |
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