Cohoes-class net laying ship
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.jpg) USS Yazoo, last ship of the class
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  United States Navy (15) |
| Preceded by | Ailanthus class |
| 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 | Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel electric, Westinghouse single reduction gears, 1,200 hp (890 kW), single propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 46 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 3"/50 caliber gun |
The Cohoes-class net laying ships consisted of fifteen steel hull 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.
Class members
[edit]| Name | Hull | Builder | Launched | Decommissioned | Fate |
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| USS Cohoes | YN-97 AN-78 |
Commercial Iron Works | 29 Nov 1944 | 3 Sep 1947 | recommissioned 1968; struck 30 Jun 1972 |
| USS Etlah | YN-98 AN-79 |
16 Dec 1944 | 14 Mar 1947 | recommissioned 10 Aug 1951; Decommissioned 31 May 1960 | |
| USS Suncook | YN-99 AN-80 |
16 Feb 1945 | 12 Jun 1947 | transferred to Bureau of Mines in 1962 via MARAD; sold for scrap 28 Jul 1971 | |
| USS Manayunk | YN-100 AN-81 |
30 Mar 1945 | 19 Jul 1946 | transferred to MARAD 1962; ultimate fate unknown | |
| USS Marietta | YN-101 AN-82 |
27 Apr 1945 | Recommissioned 14 Feb 1952; Decommissioned 21 Dec 1959; transferred to Venezuelan Navy Feb 1962 | ||
| USS Nahant | YN-102 AN-83 |
30 Jun 1945 | 31 Jul 1946 | Recommissioned 14 Feb 1952; Decommissioned 30 Sep 1968; sold to Uruguayan Navy 15 Oct 1968 | |
| USS Naubuc | YN-109 AN-84 |
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding, Duluth, Minnesota | 15 Apr 1944 | 6 Sep 1946 | reinstated 1 Jun 1967 as ARST-4; sold 1 Sep 1975 for scrap |
| USS Oneota | YN-110 AN-85 |
27 May 1944 | 7 Feb 1947 | fate unknown | |
| USS Passaconaway | YN-111 AN-86 |
30 Jun 1944 | Dec 1946 | transferred to Dominican Navy Sep 1976 | |
| USS Passaic | YN-113 AN-87 |
Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company | 29 Jun 1944 | Mar 1947 | transferred to Dominican Navy Sep 1976 |
| USS Shakamaxon | YN-114 AN-88 |
9 Sep 1944 | 21 Apr 1947 | in reserve until 1968 when transferred to Department of the Interior; ultimate disposition unknown | |
| USS Tonawanda | YN-115 AN-89 |
14 Nov 1944 | 9 Aug 1946 | Recommissioned 18 Mar 1952; Decommissioned 18 Dec 1959; leased to Haiti 25 May 1960 and sold outright in 1979; ultimate fate unknown | |
| USS Tunxis | YN-119 AN-90 |
Zenith Dredge Company. Duluth, Minnesota | 18 Aug 1944 | 30 Jun 1945 | Recommissioned 20 Feb 1953; Decommissioned 20 Jul 1955; transferred to Venezuela Aug 1963; ultimate fate unknown |
| USS Waxsaw | YN-120 AN-91 |
15 Sep 1944 | 23 Mar 1960 | transferred to Venezuela Oct 1963 and sold outright 1977 | |
| USS Yazoo | YN-121 AN-92 |
18 Oct 1944 | 28 Aug 1962 | scrapped 1975 |
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