''Lillian Anne'' (YFB-41) was a United States Navy

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in service from 1942 to 1943. ''Lillian Anne'' was built as ''Riverside'' in 1895 by the

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. The U.S. Navy acquired ''Lillian Anne'' from her owner,

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R. W. Gatewood of

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, under a

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in 1942 and placed in service as ''Lillian Anne'' (YFB-41) on 6 December 1942. ''Lillian Anne'' served in the

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until 9 July 1943, when she was placed out of service and returned to her owner.

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