.jpg) Snowbell (AN-52) tending nets, date and place unknown.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Snowbell |
| Builder | Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company, Stockton, California |
| Laid down | 3 May 1943 as Snowbell (YN-71) |
| Launched | 14 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 16 March 1944 as USS Snowbell (AN-52) |
| Decommissioned | 5 December 1945 |
| Reclassified | as AN-52 on 20 January 1944 |
| Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
| Honors and awards | one battle star for World War II service (Okinawa Gunto operation) |
| Fate | Damaged beyond economical repair by Typhoon Louise off Okinawa, 9 October 1945; hulk blown up, 14 January 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ailanthus-class net laying ship |
| Tonnage | 1,100 tons |
| Displacement | 1,275 tons |
| Length | 194' 6" |
| Beam | 37' |
| Draft | 13' 6" |
| Speed | 12.1 knots |
| Complement | 56 |
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USS Snowbell (YN-71/AN-52) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served the U.S. Navy during World War II. She operated in the Pacific Ocean until she was destroyed by Typhoon Louise off Okinawa, 9 October 1945.