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USS Ash, a net laying ship that worked at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s. A net laying ship, also known as a net layer, net tender, gate ship or boom defence vessel was a type of naval auxiliary ship. A net layer's primary function was to lay and maintain steel anti-submarine nets or anti torpedo nets.
net laying ship. Also net layer, net tender, gate ship, or boom defence vessel. A type of naval auxiliary ship equipped for and primarily tasked with laying torpedo net s or anti-submarine net s to protect individual ships at anchor, harbors, or other anchorages from torpedo attack and intrusions by submarines. net tender An alternative term ...
All specially-built yard net tenders were reclassified in 1944 as auxiliary net laying ships, see List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § Net laying ships (AN) for the reclassification result. The 24 impressed tugboats were reclassed as Net tender tugs (YNT), later some as tugboats (YTB or YTL). Aloe-class net laying ships
Auxiliary gateships are variously known as boom defence vessels, net laying ships, and net tenders. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Cohoes-class net laying ships (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Net laying ships of the United States Navy" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Net laying ships of the United States include all auxiliary ships built in the United States or operating under the flag of the United States which were designed or ...
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