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USS Waxsaw (AN-91)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Waxsaw |
Namesake | Waxhaw people |
Builder | Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota |
Laid down | 1 May 1944 |
Launched | 15 September 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J. L. Conlon, wife of the general manager of the Zenith Dredge Co. shipyard |
Commissioned | 6 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 23 March 1960 |
Stricken | 3 January 1976 |
Homeport | Melville, Rhode Island and Tiburon, California |
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Fate | Transferred to Venezuela, October 1963 |
Notes | Sold outright to Venezuela, 1 December 1977 |
Venezuela | |
Name | ARBV Puerto Miranda |
Acquired |
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Identification | H-80 |
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 Waxsaw (YN-120/AN-91) 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 Miranda.