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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 ...
HMS Precept (Z266) was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in October 1944 via Lend-Lease.. The ship was laid down as Precept (YN-79), a net tender of the Ailanthus class, on 5 August 1943 at Barbour Boat Works in New Bern, North Carolina.
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.
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 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.
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HMS Guardian was a net laying ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962.She was also equipped for target towing and gunnery photography. [4] A second net-layer, HMS Protector, was built to a modified design.