| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Chinaberry |
| Namesake | A tree of southern United States and Mexico |
| Builder | Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Maine |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 19 July 1943 in Rockland, Maine as YN-82 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 26 March 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
| Renamed | Chinaberry 20 January 1944 |
| Reclassified | AN-61, 20 January 1944 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Sold 27 February 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ailanthus-class net laying ship |
| Displacement | 1,100 tons |
| Length | 194 ft 6 in (59.28 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel electric, 2,500hp |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 56 |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; four twin 20 mm AA gun mounts |
USS Chinaberry (AN-61/YN-82) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served the United States Navy during World War II. Chinaberry operated in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean before being decommissioned at war's end.