Cohoes-class net laying ship

The Cohoes-class net laying ships consisted of fifteen ships built near the end of World War II for the United States Navy, the last being commissioned shortly after war's end. They were similar in appearance and construction to the predecessor Aloe class, with slight differences in dimensions and displacement. Unlike previous net-laying classes, names were taken from a variety of place names, rather than from plants. All but two were decommissioned and put into reserve by the end of 1947, but most were reactivated at various times in the early 1950s and remained active until the early 1960s, when seven were transferred through lease or sale to several foreign navies. Two were transferred to other federal agencies; two were reactivated in the late 1960s and these served into the 1970s. Some of those transferred abroad were still active as late as 2007; none were lost in action.

USS Yazoo, last ship of the class
Class overview
Builders:	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon (6) Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota (3) Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (3) Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota (3)
Operators:	United States Navy (15)
Built:	1944–1945
Completed:	15
General characteristics
Type:	Net laying ship
Displacement:	775 tons
Length:	168 ft 6 in (51.36 m)
Beam:	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draft:	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion:	Diesel direct drive, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW), single propeller
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	46 officers and enlisted
Armament:	3"/50 caliber gun

Class members

Name	Original number[lower-alpha 1]	Later Number[lower-alpha 1]	Launched	Decommissioned	Fate
USS Cohoes	YN-97	AN-78	29 November 1944	3 September 1947	recommissioned 1968; struck 30 June 1972
USS Etlah	YN-98	AN-79	16 December 1944	14 March 1947	recommissioned 10 August 1951; Decommissioned 31 May 1960
USS Suncook	YN-99	AN-80	16 February 1945	12 June 1947	transferred to Bureau of Mines in 1962 via MARAD; sold for scrap 28 July 1971
USS Manayunk	YN-100	AN-81	30 March 1945	19 July 1946	transferred to MARAD 1962; ultimate fate unknown
USS Marietta	YN-101	AN-82	27 April 1945		Recommissioned 14 February 1952; Decommissioned 21 December 1959; transferred to Venezuelan Navy February 1962
USS Nahant	YN-102	AN-83	30 June 1945	31 July 1946	Recommissioned 14 February 1952; Decommissioned 30 September 1968; sold to Uruguayan Navy 15 October 1968
USS Naubuc	YN-109	AN-84	15 April 1944	6 September 1946	reinstated 1 June 1967 as ARST-4; sold 1 September 1975 for scrap
USS Oneota	YN-110	AN-85	27 May 1944	7 February 1947	fate unknown
USS Passaconaway	YN-111	AN-86	30 June 1944	December 1946	transferred to Dominican Navy September 1976
USS Passaic	YN-113	AN-87	29 June 1944	March 1947	transferred to Dominican Navy September 1976
USS Shakamaxon	YN-114	AN-88	9 September 1944	21 April 1947	in reserve until 1968 when transferred to Department of the Interior; ultimate disposition unknown
USS Tonawanda	YN-115	AN-89	14 November 1944	9 August 1946	Recommissioned 18 March 1952; Decommissioned 18 December 1959; leased to Haiti 25 May 1960 and sold outright in 1979; ultimate fate unknown
USS Tunxis	YN-119	AN-90	18 August 1944	30 June 1945	Recommissioned 20 February 1953; Decommissioned 20 July 1955; transferred to Venezuela August 1963; ultimate fate unknown
USS Waxsaw	YN-120	AN-91	15 September 1944	23 March 1960	transferred to Venezuela October 1963 and sold outright 1977
USS Yazoo	YN-121	AN-92	18 October 1944	28 August 1962	scrapped 1975

1. USN net layers initially received the hull classification symbol YN (for "Yard Net Tender") but were later reclassified AN (for "Auxiliary Net Layer").

References