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A net layer's primary function was to lay and maintain steel anti-submarine nets or anti torpedo nets. Nets could be laid around an individual ship at anchor, or harbor entrances or dry docks, or other anchorages. Net laying was potentially dangerous work, and net laying seamen were experts at dealing with blocks, tackles, knots and splicing.
An anti-submarine net or anti-submarine boom is a boom placed across the mouth of a harbour or a strait for protection against submarines. Net laying ships would be used to place and remove the nets. The US Navy used anti-submarine nets in the Pacific War to protect major US Naval Advance Bases. Some net cutter submarines were used in the war ...
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.
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The Aloe-class net laying ships were a class of thirty-two steel-hulled net laying ships built prior to the US entry into World War II. The lead ship, USS Aloe , was laid down in October 1940 and launched the following January; the final member, USS Yew , was launched in October 1941.
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 ...
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.
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.