# Cohoes-class net laying ship

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