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British Royal Navy net laying ship active during World War 2
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name HMS Precise (Z285)
Builder Barbour Boat Works New Bern, North Carolina
Laid down 14 September 1943
Launched 20 July 1944
Sponsored by Mrs. H. W. Barbour
Completed 19 December 1944
Acquired 21 December 1944
Fate returned to U.S. Navy, 14 December 1945
History
United States
Acquired 14 December 1945
Stricken 28 March 1946
Fate transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 April 1947, for disposal
General characteristics
Class and type _Ailanthus_-class net laying ship
Displacement 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (full)
Length 194 ft 6 in (59.28 m)
Beam 37 ft (11 m)
Draught 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement 56
Armament 1 × [3"/50 caliber gun](/wiki/3%22/50%5Fcaliber%5Fgun "3"/50 caliber gun") 4 × twin 20 mm gun mounts

HMS Precise (Z285) was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in December 1944 via Lend-Lease.

The ship was laid down as Boxelder (YN-80), a net tender of the Ailanthus class, on 14 September 1943 at Barbour Boat Works in New Bern, North Carolina. On 17 January 1944, while still under construction, the ship was reclassified as a net laying ship and redesignated AN-74. Boxelder was launched on 20 July and completed on 19 December.

After delivery to the U.S. Navy on 21 December, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease the same day and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Precise (Z285). Upon completion of wartime duty with the United Kingdom, she was returned to the U.S. Navy on 14 December 1945. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission on 10 April 1947 and sold.