USS Suncook (AN-80)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Suncook |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 30 November 1944 |
| Launched | 16 February 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Laura B. Stephenson |
| Commissioned | 5 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 12 June 1947 at Astoria, Oregon |
| Stricken | 1 September 1962 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to MARAD in August 1961 |
| Name | Grass Valley |
| Operator | United States Bureau of Mines |
| Acquired | September 1962 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 28 July 1971 |
| Notes | used as a research vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 direct drive, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW), single propeller |
| Speed | 12.3 knots (22.8 km/h; 14.2 mph) |
| Complement | 46 officers and enlisted |
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USS Suncook (YN-99/AN-80) 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; however, after decommissioning, she was reactivated in 1962 for use as a research ship for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, where she served as Grass Valley.