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YN-119 / AN-90 Tunxis

Cohoes Class Net Laying Ship: Originally projected as (YN-119); Redesignated (AN-90), 17 January 1944; Laid down, 2 May 1944 at Zenith Dredge Co., Duluth, MN.; Launched, 18 August 1944; Commissioned, USS Tunxis (AN-90), 28 March 1945; Decommissioned, 30 June 1945; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 20 February 1953; Place in commission in reserve, 15 April 1955; Decommissioned, 20 July 1955 and transferred, under terms of the Military Assistance Program, to Venezuela, renamed Puerto Nutrias (H-02). Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 775 t.; Length 168' 6"; Beam 33' 10"; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 12kts; Complement 46, Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, diesel electric, 2,500hp.
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