USS Etlah (YN-98/AN-79) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

Etlah was launched 16 December 1944 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis I. Kane; and commissioned 16 April 1945.

From 8 June 1945 to 26 November, Etlah sailed out of San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, repairing and maintaining antisubmarine nets, and conducting salvage operations in the 11th Naval District.

She then served at the Net Depot, Tiburon, California, testing experimental equipment and giving salvage service in the Oakland Estuary.

In the spring and summer of 1946, Etlah performed a miscellany of service to Joint Task Force 1, conducting atomic weapons tests at Bikini Atoll in "Operation Crossroads".