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