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USS Elder: World War II service, Post-war activity & Korean War support

USS Elder (AN-20/YN-15) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.

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USS Elder topic overview

The analysis highlights World War II service, Post-war activity and Korean War support as prominent areas in the source structure around USS Elder.

Related topics
52
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
59
Extracted relationships
29
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
59

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

World War II service · 30 topics
Post-war activity · 6 topics
Korean War support · 5 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Fire aboard the vessel at sea · 4 topics
Built in West Virginia · 1 topics
Honors and awards · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Armament
one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; one y-gun
Beam
30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Builder
Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Commissioned
15 December 1942 as USS Elder (YN-15)
Complement
40 officers and enlisted
Decommissioned
18 December 1959, in the 13th Naval District

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Overview

Built in West Virginia

World War II service

Post-war activity

Fire aboard the vessel at sea

Korean War support

Honors and awards

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How USS Elder connects Entity context

The extracted context around USS Elder shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, USS Elder → American Naval Fighting Ships, Dictionary, NavSource Naval History, Photo, The, This Another extracted example is USS Elder → one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; one y-gun. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

USS Elder

Top relations

related to References · 6
USS Elder → American Naval Fighting Ships, Dictionary, NavSource Naval History, Photo, The, This
Armament · 1
USS Elder → one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; one y-gun
Beam · 1
USS Elder → 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Builder · 1
USS Elder → Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Commissioned · 1
USS Elder → 15 December 1942 as USS Elder (YN-15)
Complement · 1
USS Elder → 40 officers and enlisted
Decommissioned · 1
USS Elder → 18 December 1959, in the 13th Naval District
Displacement · 1
USS Elder → 700 tons
Draft · 1
USS Elder → 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Fate · 1
USS Elder → fate unknown

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

elder net war west naval service world ii sailed returned harbor nets islands operations bay laid tiburon 15 uss yn-15

USS Elder relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around USS Elder. Examples in this analysis include USS Elder → Armament → one single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; one y-gun and USS Elder → Beam → 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
USS ElderArmamentone single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; three single 20 mm AA gun mounts; one y-gun1.00infobox
USS ElderBeam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)1.00infobox
USS ElderBuilderMarietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia1.00infobox
USS ElderCommissioned15 December 1942 as USS Elder (YN-15)1.00infobox
USS ElderComplement40 officers and enlisted1.00infobox
USS ElderDecommissioned18 December 1959, in the 13th Naval District1.00infobox
USS ElderDisplacement700 tons1.00infobox
USS ElderDraft10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)1.00infobox
USS ElderFatefate unknown1.00infobox
USS ElderHome portTiburon, California1.00infobox
USS ElderHonours and awardsone battle star for World War II service (Gilbert Islands operation)1.00infobox
USS ElderIn service12 November 19411.00infobox
USS ElderLaid downas Elder (YN-15), date unknown,1.00infobox
USS ElderLaunched19 June 19411.00infobox
USS ElderLength151 ft 8 in (46.23 m)1.00infobox
USS ElderNameUSS Elder1.00infobox
USS ElderNamesakeA shrub or tree of the honeysuckle family1.00infobox
USS ElderPropulsionDiesel, single propeller1.00infobox
USS ElderReclassifiedAN-20, 20 January 19441.00infobox
USS ElderSpeed15 knots1.00infobox
USS ElderStrickendate unknown1.00infobox
USS ElderTonnage560 tons1.00infobox
USS ElderTypeAloe-class net laying ship1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around USS Elder bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Aloe-class, Laying and Ship. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • USS Elder
    • Aloe-class
    • Laying
    • Ship
    • Yn-15
    • Awards
    • Virginia
    • Naval
    • Pearl
    • Launched
    • Harbor
    • Sailed
    • Net
  • uss elder
    • Aloe-class
    • Laying
    • Ship
    • Yn-15
    • Awards
    • Virginia
    • Naval
    • Pearl
    • Launched
    • War
    • Harbor
    • Sailed
  • net laying ship
    • Ship
    • Yn-15
    • Uss
    • Awards
    • Virginia
    • Launched
    • Tiburon
    • West
    • Operations
    • California
    • District
    • Gilbert
  • world war ii
    • World
    • War
    • Gilbert
    • Service
    • Awards
    • Islands
    • Virginia
    • Launched
    • Laying
    • Ship
    • Yn-15
    • California
  • 1st naval district
    • District
    • Naval
    • Laid
    • Virginia
    • California
    • Uss
    • Launched
    • Laying
    • Ship
    • Tiburon
    • West
    • Yn-15
  • san diego, california
    • November
    • Tiburon
    • West
    • Islands
    • Virginia
    • Naval
    • Launched
    • Laying
    • Ship
    • Yn-15
    • Net
    • Coast
  • gilbert islands
    • Launched
    • Islands
    • Ii
    • Service
    • World
    • November
    • Virginia
    • War
    • Laid
    • Laying
    • Nets
    • Ship
  • u.s. west coast
    • Coast
    • West
    • Tiburon
    • California
    • Returned
    • Awards
    • Naval
    • Net
    • Buoy
    • January
    • Launched
    • Pacific

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For USS Elder, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects USS Elder with World War II service. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
USS ElderWorld War II service · splits 29 ⟂ 31
USS ElderPost-war activity · splits 53 ⟂ 7
USS ElderOverview · splits 54 ⟂ 6
USS ElderKorean War support · splits 54 ⟂ 6
USS ElderFire aboard the vessel at sea · splits 55 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

USS Elder

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples29
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around USS Elder to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as World War II service, Post-war activity & Korean War support, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — USS Elder · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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