Class of rescue and salvage ships
The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.
Ships
| Ship name
|
Hull number
|
Commissioned
|
Decommissioned
|
Fate
|
| 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 on 15 August 1979 and renamed ROKS Gumi (ARS-26); Sold for scrap, 28 February 1998
|
| Grasp
|
ARS-24
|
22 August 1944
|
12 December 1946
|
Transferred to South Korea on 31 March 1978 and renamed ROKS Changwon (ARS-25); Sold for scrap, 31 October 1997
|
| 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
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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