USS Hackberry (YN-20/AN-25) was an Aloe-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.
Rhode Island, the net tender was assigned to North African waters, reporting 12 April 1943.
During her stay in Palermo Hackberry installed boom defenses at Catania, Sicily, and operated briefly in the harbor at Naples, Italy.
Hackberry remained in the area as Allied troops pushed forward from the beachhead, coming under fire from German shore batteries 22 August.
Redesignated (AN-25) 20 January 1944, Hackberry operated at Toulon and Marseille until being turned over to the French government under lend-lease 12 November 1944.