AN - 78: dp. 775 l.
168'6"
b. 33'10" dr. 10'10"
s. 12k. cpl. 46 a.
1 x 3" cl. Cohoes
The second Cohoes (AN-78) was launched 29 November
1944 by Commercial Iron Works,
Portland, Oreg.; sponsored by Mrs. W. W. Johnson; commissioned 23
March 1945,
Lieutenant D. B. Little, USNR, in command; and reported to the
Pacific Fleet.
After training at Pearl Harbor, Cohoes sailed 20 June
1945 for Eniwetok, arriving
2 July. She remained at Eniwetok installing, maintaining, and then
removing the
net line there until 16 October, when she sailed for Ponape,
arriving 18 October
to lay a mooring. In Langar Roads, she salvaged and relaid a
Japanese mooring
buoy, and performed similar operations in the Carolines and
Marshalls until 20
November, when she cleared Kwaialein for Pearl Harbor and San
Francisco, arriving
12 December for duty at Tiburon Net Depot. Cohoes served
at Tiburon until 8 April
1946, when she sailed for duty at Astoria, Oreg. She returned to
San Francisco 3
September, and remained there until 25 August 1947 when she sailed
for San Diego,
arriving 27 August. There Cohoes was placed out of
commission in reserve 3
September 1947.