- USS Oneota (AN-85)
USS "Oneota" (YN-110/AN-85) was a "Cohoes"-class
net laying ship which was assigned to protectU.S. Navy ships and harbors duringWorld War II with her anti-submarine nets. Her World War II career was short due to the war coming to an end, but she was retained post-war sufficiently long to participate in atomic testing atBikini Atoll .Constructed in Minnesota
"Oneota" (AN–85), originally designated "YN–110", was laid down
9 February 1944 by the Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Co.,Duluth, Minnesota ; named Oneota,26 February 1944 ; launched27 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs. Peter S. Rudie; and commissioned12 March 1945 , Lt. Robert W. Morgan in command.World War II related service
On
10 April 1945 "Oneota" steamed out intoLake Superior en route to theSt. Lawrence River and theAtlantic Ocean . ArrivingBoston, Massachusetts , early in May, she remained in southernNew England waters for a month, then headed for thePacific Ocean .Post-war service
Between
25 July 1945 and21 January 1946 she operated along theU.S. West Coast from the Naval Net Depot,Tiburon, California , and on29 January she arrived atPearl Harbor for a 2 month stay. Assigned to Joint Task Unit (JTU) 1.2.7, the salvage group forOperation Crossroads in March, she steamed forBikini Atoll on the 22nd. There on2 April she joined others of hertask group in preparing nearby waters for atomic tests Able and Baker. Until July she planted moorings and assisted in the arrangement of target vessels.Following the tests of 1 and
25 July , she participated in salvage operations and, on26 August , departed forKwajalein andGuam . Between13 September and15 October she plied between Guam and Rota, then steamed east for theUnited States .Post-war inactivation
After stays at
Pearl Harbor andSan Francisco, California , she arrived atSan Diego, California ,26 January 1947 , for inactivation. Decommissioned6 February , she remained at San Diego as a unit of thePacific Reserve Fleet until transferred to theU.S. Maritime Administration ’sNational Defense Reserve Fleet and laid up atSuisun Bay 7 November 1962 . She was eventually struck from theNavy list (date unknown); her fate is unknown.See also
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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/18/18085.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-110 / AN-85 Oneota]
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