The Cohoes-class net laying ships consisted of fifteen steel hull ships built near the end of World War II for the United States Navy, the last being commissioned shortly after war's end. They were similar in appearance and construction to the predecessor Aloe class, with slight differences in dimensions and displacement. Unlike previous net-laying classes, names were taken from a variety of place names, rather than from plants. All but two were decommissioned and put into reserve by the end of 1947, but most were reactivated at various times in the early 1950s and remained active until the early 1960s, when seven were transferred through lease or sale to several foreign navies. Two were transferred to other federal agencies; two were reactivated in the late 1960s and these served into the 1970s. Some of those transferred abroad were still active as late as 2007; none were lost in action.

USS Yazoo, last ship of the class
Class overview
Builders	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon (6) Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota (3) Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (3) Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota (3)
Operators	United States Navy (15)
Preceded by	Ailanthus class
Built	1944–1945
Completed	15
General characteristics
Type	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	Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel electric, Westinghouse single reduction gears, 1,200 hp (890 kW), single propeller
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	46 officers and enlisted
Armament	3"/50 caliber gun