Cohoes-class net laying ship explained

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

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Name Hull Builder Launched Decommissioned Fate
YN-97
AN-78 		November 29, 1944 September 3, 1947 recommissioned 1968; struck June 30, 1972
YN-98
AN-79 		December 16, 1944 March 14, 1947 recommissioned August 10, 1951; Decommissioned May 31, 1960
YN-99
AN-80 		February 16, 1945 June 12, 1947 transferred to Bureau of Mines in 1962 via MARAD;
sold for scrap July 28, 1971
YN-100
AN-81 		March 30, 1945 July 19, 1946 transferred to MARAD 1962; ultimate fate unknown
YN-101
AN-82 		April 27, 1945 Recommissioned February 14, 1952; Decommissioned December 21, 1959;
transferred to Venezuelan Navy Feb 1962
YN-102
AN-83 		June 30, 1945 July 31, 1946 Recommissioned February 14, 1952; Decommissioned September 30, 1968;
sold to Uruguayan Navy October 15, 1968
YN-109
AN-84 		April 15, 1944 September 6, 1946 reinstated June 1, 1967, as ARST-4; sold September 1, 1975, for scrap
YN-110
AN-85 		May 27, 1944 February 7, 1947 fate unknown
YN-111
AN-86 		June 30, 1944 Dec 1946 transferred to Dominican Navy Sep 1976
YN-113
AN-87 		June 29, 1944 Mar 1947 transferred to Dominican Navy Sep 1976
YN-114
AN-88 		September 9, 1944 April 21, 1947 in reserve until 1968 when transferred to Department of the Interior;
ultimate disposition unknown
YN-115
AN-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
YN-119
AN-90 		August 18, 1944 June 30, 1945 Recommissioned February 20, 1953; Decommissioned July 20, 1955;
transferred to Venezuela Aug 1963; ultimate fate unknown
YN-120
AN-91 		September 15, 1944 March 23, 1960 transferred to Venezuela Oct 1963 and sold outright 1977
YN-121
AN-92 		October 18, 1944 August 28, 1962 scrapped 1975