USS Yazoo (AN-92)
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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 |
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Honors and awards | Battle efficiency competition award for the fiscal year 1960 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1975 |
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 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.