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Allied Warships

USS Larch (AN 21)

Net Tender of the Aloe class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeNet Tender
ClassAloe 
PennantAN 21 
Built byMarietta Manufacturing Co. (Point Pleasant, West Virginia) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Oct, 1940 
Launched2 Jul, 1941 
Commissioned13 Dec, 1941 
End service28 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned on 28 June 1946
Stricken on 5 March 1947
Transferred to Turkey on 10 May 1948 being renamed AG-4 

Noteable events involving Larch include:

10 Mar, 1942
USS Larch picks up survivors from the American tanker Gulftrade that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-588 3 miles off Barnegat Light in position 39º50'N, 73º52'W.

13 Mar, 1942
USS Larch picks up 1 survivor from the Chilian merchant Tolten that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-404 32 miles off Barnegat, New Jersey, USA in position 40º10'N, 73º50'W.


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