The Aloe-class net laying ships were a class of thirty-two steel-hulled net laying ships built prior to the US entry into World War II.

These ships were originally classed as YN and numbered 1-32, but were reclassified and renumbered in 1944 as AN-6 through AN-37.

These ships had a unique appearance with a pair of "horns" jutting out from either side of the bow, each functioning as a fixed crane with a capacity of 22 short tons (20 t).

All members of this class survived the war though USS Mahogany was caught in a typhoon in September 1945 and decommissioned the following year.

Three others were retained for various purposes, while the remainder were put into the reserve fleet shortly after the war.