The USS Marietta (YN-101/AN-82) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship constructed during the final months of World War II. Laid down on February 17, 1945, by the Commercial Iron Works in Portland, Oregon, she was launched on April 27, 1945, and commissioned on June 22, 1945, under the command of Lt. Richard Haber, USNR. The vessel featured the typical design of a net laying ship, equipped for installing and maintaining anti-submarine and anti-torpedo nets, vital for harbor defense. Following her commissioning, USS Marietta conducted a brief mission in San Francisco, removing protective harbor nets from August 14 to September 3, 1945. She then transited the Panama Canal to reach Norfolk, Virginia, where she reported to Commander Service Force Atlantic on October 30. Her early post-war service included installing moorings for the expanding U.S. Navy Inactive Fleet. In 1946, she was involved in hydrographic surveys along the east coast of Florida and the Bahamas, supporting navigational safety efforts. The ship was decommissioned on March 19, 1947, and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas. However, she was recommissioned on February 14, 1952, during the Korean War era, and assigned to harbor defense duties in the 3rd Naval District. Based primarily at NAS Brooklyn, New York, she serviced nets, moorings, and buoys across several East Coast ports, including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and occasionally participated in operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. USS Marietta was decommissioned again on December 21, 1959, at Bayonne, New Jersey, and reentered the reserve fleet. In 1962, she was transferred to the Venezuelan Navy under the Military Assistance Program, renamed Puerto Santo (H 03). Her ultimate fate remains unknown. Throughout her service, USS Marietta played a vital role in harbor defense and naval support operations during a transitional period in U.S. maritime history.

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