History | |
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United States | |
Name | Tunxis |
Namesake | Tunxis |
Builder | Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota |
Laid down | 2 May 1944 |
Launched | 18 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Edward J. Thye, wife of the Governor of Minnesota |
Commissioned | 28 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1945 |
Recommissioned | 20 February 1953 |
Decommissioned | 20 July 1955 |
Homeport | Melville, Rhode Island and Tiburon, California |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to Venezuela |
Venezuela | |
Name | Puerto Nutrias |
Identification | H-02 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
USS Tunxis (YN-119/AN-90) 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 until she was put into reserve and eventually transferred to Venezuela as Puerto Nutrias.