USS Snowbell (YN-71/AN-52) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served the U.S. Navy during World War II. She operated in the Pacific Ocean until she was destroyed by Typhoon Louise off Okinawa, 9 October 1945.
Snowbell (AN-52) tending nets, date and place unknown.
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company was established in 1942 to build ships needed for World War II. As part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program the US Navy provided some of the capital to start Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding at Stockton, California. The shipyard was located at San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel, near Louis Park. After the war the shipyard closed down in February 1946.
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding's USS Artisan (ABSD-1) with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945
USS Kinkaid (DD-965) in floating drydock Steadfast
AFDM-14 sister ship the USS Resourceful (AFDM-5) and under repair USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) at Subic Bay
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding's USS Silverbell (AN-51) a 1,100 tons Net layer ship in 1945