Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
Appearance
![]() USS Diver (ARS-5)
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Basalt Rock Company, Napa, California |
Operators |
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Preceded by | Lapwing-class |
Succeeded by | Bolster-class |
Built | 1942–1943 |
In commission | 1943–present |
Completed | 19 |
Active | 2 |
Retired | 16 |
Preserved | 1 (Sale pending as of 2019) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Rescue and salvage ship |
Tonnage | 1,441 long tons (1,464 t) |
Displacement | 1,630 long tons (1,656 t) |
Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 120 |
Armament |
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The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.
Ships
[edit]Ship name | Hull number | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Diver | ARS-5 | 23 October 1943 | 27 July 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown |
Escape | ARS-6 | 20 November 1943 | 29 June 1995 | Sold for scrap, 24 August 2009 |
Grapple | ARS-7 | 16 December 1943 | Unknown | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 December 1977; currently active |
Preserver | ARS-8 | 11 January 1944 | 7 August 1992 | Sold for scrap, 30 November 2005 |
Shackle | ARS-9 | 5 February 1944 | 29 June 1946 | Transferred to the coast guard, 29 June 1946. (see Acushnet for subsequent history) |
Protector | ARS-14 | 28 December 1943 | 15 May 1946 | Sold to commercial interest, 16 December 1946; fate unknown |
Cable | ARS-19 | 6 March 1944 | 15 September 1947 | Sunk as a target, 7 August 1978 |
Chain | ARS-20 | 31 March 1944 | 9 November 1946 | Sold for scrap, June 1979 |
Curb | ARS-21 | 12 May 1944 | 20 December 1946 | Sunk as an artificial reef, 23 November 1983 |
Current | ARS-22 | 14 June 1944 | 9 February 1948 | Sold for scrap, 27 June 1975 |
Deliver | ARS-23 | 14 July 1944 | 1 August 1979 | Transferred to South Korea, 15 August 1979; currently active |
Grasp | ARS-24 | 22 August 1944 | 12 December 1946 | Transferred to South Korea, 31 March 1978; fate unknown |
Safeguard | ARS-25 | 30 September 1944 | 25 September 1979 | Transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Isin (A-589); decommissioned, 30 March 2017 |
Seize | ARS-26 | 3 November 1944 | 14 June 1996 | Sunk as a target, 20 June 2006 |
Snatch | ARS-27 | 11 December 1944 | 23 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 8 November 1971 |
Valve | ARS-28 | 24 February 1944 | 26 August 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 26 July 1948; fate unknown |
Vent | ARS-29 | 7 April 1944 | 30 August 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 30 June 1948; fate unknown |
Clamp | ARS-33 | 23 August 1943 | 6 May 1947 | Sold for scrap, 12 April 2011 |
Gear | ARS-34 | 24 September 1943 | 13 December 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown |
References
[edit]This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.