| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Builder | Snow Shipyard Incorporated |
| Laid down | 24 October 1942 |
| Launched | 21 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 17 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1949 |
| Stricken | 7 June 1949 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 3 March 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ailanthus-class net laying ship |
| Displacement | 1,275 long tons (1,295 t) |
| Length | 194 ft 6.5 in (59.296 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 7 in (10.54 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8.5 in (3.569 m) |
| Speed | 12.1 knots (13.9 mph; 22.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 57 |
| Armament | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun |
USS Whitewood (YN-84/AN-63/AG-129), a wooden-hulled Ailanthus-class net laying ship of the United States Navy was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Rockland, Maine, by the Snow Shipyard, Inc.; named Whitewood on 5 July 1943; re-classified a net laying ship, AN-63, on 1 January 1944; launched on 21 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Kenney; and commissioned on 17 July 1944.