USS Yazoo (AN-92)
USS Yazoo (AN-92) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Yazoo |
| Namesake | Yazoo River |
| Builder | Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Laid down | 6 July 1944 |
| Launched | 18 October 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. S. H. Griffin, the wife of Colonel S. H. Griffin, USA |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1962 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1963 |
| Homeport | |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | Battle efficiency competition award for the fiscal year 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cohoes-class net laying ship |
| Displacement | 775 tons |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel direct drive, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW), single propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 46 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 1 x 3"/50 caliber gun |
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USS Yazoo (YN-121/AN-92) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship which was assigned to protect United States Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her anti-submarine nets. Her World War II career was cut short due to the war coming to an end, but, post-war, she was reactivated and served the Navy in a variety of ways until she was decommissioned in 1962.