Diver-class rescue and salvage ship

The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.

USS Diver (ARS-5)
Class overview
Builders: Basalt Rock Company, Napa, California
Operators:
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:
Complement: 120
Armament:
  • 4 × 40 mm guns
  • 4 × .50 cal machine guns

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, 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
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