USS Manayunk (AN-81)
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Manayunk |
| Namesake | Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 18 December 1944 |
| Launched | 30 March 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Bryan Wallace Strong |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 July 1946, at Astoria, Oregon |
| Stricken | September 1962 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to MARAD in June 1961; fate unknown |
| 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 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel electric , 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) |
| Speed | 12.3 knots (22.8 km/h; 14.2 mph) |
| Complement | 46 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Manayunk (YN-100/AN-81) 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 short lived as the war was ending, and she was placed in reserve and eventually struck by the Navy.
Construction and career
The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Manayunk was laid down with the hull identification number YN-100 by the
launched on 30 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Bryan Wallace Strong. Manayunk was commissioned
on 25 May 1945.
Following shakedown and training, Manayunk steamed for the central
area, laying and maintaining nets and moorings until the spring of 1946.Post-war inactivation
On 3 May, she departed Saipan for
U.S. Maritime Administration and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
.
She continued to be listed as Navy-owned until formally turned over to the U.S. Maritime Administration in September 1962 at Olympia, Washington.
Manayunk remained a unit of the
MARAD
Reserve Fleet at Olympia. She was struck from the Navy list in September 1962; her fate is unknown.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-100 / AN-81 Manayunk
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