USS Palm

History
United States
Name	USS Palm
Namesake	A tree of the spadiciflorae, palmae class
Builder	American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Laid down	18 October 1940 as a yard net tender
Launched	1 February 1941
Commissioned	1 November 1941 as USS Palm (YN-23)
Decommissioned	1 January 1947, at Astoria, Oregon
Reclassified	AN-28, 20 January 1944
Stricken	date unknown
Fate	Transferred 7 September 1962 to the U.S. Maritime Administration; 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	direct drive diesel engine, single propeller
Speed	12.5 knots
Complement	4 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament	one single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, three 20 mm guns, one y-gun

USS Palm (AN-28/YN-23) 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.

Palm (AN–28) was laid down as YN–23 at American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 18 October 1940; launched February 1941; and commissioned 21 August 1941.

Palm served on the Atlantic Ocean terminus of the North Atlantic convoy; in 1943, she operated in and around Argentia and Portland, Maine. Re-designated AN–28 on 20 January 1944, she joined other net tenders in their Pacific Ocean efforts. Palm transported, laid, maintained, and recovered anti-torpedo nets, and maintained buoys in auxiliary tasks that kept the Navy operating.

After the war, Palm reported to the Columbia River, Oregon. She was out of commission, in reserve there from 1 January 1947 until September 1962, when transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration, where she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Washington.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-23 / AN-28 Palm