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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.
The Ailanthus class were a group of 35 wooden-hulled net laying ships of the United States Navy built during World War II as part of the huge building programs of late 1941 and early 1942 for small patrol and mine warfare vessels.
USS Passaic (YN-113/AN-87) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was commissioned in March 1945 and spent her entire career in the Pacific Ocean. She was decommissioned in March 1947 and placed in reserve. She was sold to the Dominican Republic in September 1976, as patrol vessel Calderas ...
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.
USS Anaqua (AN-40/YN-59) was an Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served with the United States Navy in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.She served the U.S. Pacific Fleet with her protective anti-submarine nets, and returned home safely after the war.
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. [1] They were similar in appearance and construction to the predecessor Aloe class , with slight differences in dimensions and displacement.
USS Keokuk (AN-5/CM-8/CMc-6/AKN-4) was a mine and net laying ship of the United States Navy during World War II.. Laid down in 1914 as the SS Henry M. Flagler by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and renamed SS Columbia Heights in 1940, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 28 July 1941 for conversion to a coastal minelayer, CMc-6.
Pages in category "Net laying ships of the United States Navy" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.