USS ''Hoptree'' (AN-62/YN-83) was a that served in the U.S. Navy during

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. ''Hoptree'' performed her tour of duty in the

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and, post-war, she was decommissioned and sold.

Built in Maine

''Hoptree'' (AN-62), a wooden-hulled net layer, was launched on 14 October 1943 by Snow Shipyards Inc., Rockland, Maine, as ''YN-83''; sponsored by Lt. Ann Jameson; reclassified ''AN-62'', on 20 January 1944; and commissioned on 18 May 1944.

World War II service

Pacific Ocean operations

Arriving at the Melville Net Depot for

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on 31 May 1944, ''Hoptree'' performed training and readiness operations until 27 June, when she joined the Net Layer Pre-commissioning and Training Group at

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. She then departed on 2 December for the U.S. West Coast and sailed on 3 February 1945 from the Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, for duty in the

. ''Hoptree'' arrived

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, on 13 February 1945 and was routed on to

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Atoll, where she arrived the 28th. From March through the end of the war the ship was engaged in the vital work of maintaining and repairing net defenses in the harbor, and after August she was occupied in dismantling them. She sailed back to the

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in November 1945, arriving at

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, on 8 November.

Post-war decommissioning

Decommissioned on 1 March 1946, deemed surplus to Navy needs, and made available for disposal, ''Hoptree'' was stricken from the List of Naval Vessels on 20 March 1946.

Subsequent maritime career

She was delivered to her purchaser,

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, on 23 April 1947. She operated on mercantile service until scrapped in 1954.

References

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NavSource Online: USS Hoptree (AN-62)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoptree Ailanthus-class net laying ships of the United States Navy Ships built in Rockland, Maine 1943 ships World War II net laying ships of the United States