In all, 37 salvage ships (ARS), including 6 for transfer to Britain, were built in 6 boatyards: there were two designs - the 213-foot, 16-knot steel "Diver" class, all of which were built by Basalt Rock, and the 183-foot, 12-knot wooden "Anchor" class. In addition, 9 submarine rescue ships (ASR) were built in 2 more boatyards: there was only one design - the 251-foot, 14-knot "Chanticleer" class.
| Type | Pennant # | Name | Shipbuilder | Hull # | LDT | Delivered | Disposition |
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Salvage Ships (ARS) |
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| ARS | 1 | Vikiing | New Jersey Dry Dock | 1,190 | 12-Feb-19 | Built as Flamingo (AM 32), scrapped 1953 | |
| ARS | 2 | Crusader | Gas Engine & Power | 1,190 | 17-Sep-19 | Built as Osprey (AM 29), scrapped 1952 | |
| ARS | 3 | Discoverer | Todd Brooklyn | 1,190 | 31-Jan-19 | Built as Auk (AM 38), to Venezuela 1947 as Felipe Larrazabel (R-11), scrapped 1962 | |
| ARS | 4 | Redwing | Baltimore Dry Dock | 1,190 | 17-Oct-19 | Built as Redwing (AM 48), sunk 1943 | |
| ARS | 5 | Diver | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 23-Oct-43 | Sold 1949 | |
| ARS | 6 | Escape | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 20-Nov-43 | To USCG 1946 as Escape (WAT 6, later WMEC 6), to NDRF 2001 | |
| ARS | 7 | Grapple | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 16-Dec-43 | To Taiwan 1977 as Tai Hu (ARS 552), active | |
| ARS | 8 | Preserver | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 11-Jan-44 | Scrapped 2006 | |
| ARS | 9 | Shackle | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 5-Feb-44 | To USCG 1946 as Acushnet (WAT 167, later WMEC 167), active | |
| ARS | 10 | Assistance | Never commissioned | ||||
| ARS | 11 | Warbler | Philadelphia NSY | Built as AM 53, scrapped 1948 | |||
| ARS | 12 | Willet | Philadelphia NSY | Built as AM 54, scrapped 1948 | |||
| ARS | 13 | Anchor | Colberg Boat Works | 1,089 | 23-Oct-43 | Sold 1947 | |
| ARS | 14 | Protector | Colberg Boat Works | 1,089 | 28-Dec-43 | Sold 1946 | |
| ARS | 15 | Extractor | Colberg Boat Works | 1,089 | 3-Mar-44 | Sunk accidentally in the Marianas and lost 1945 | |
| ARS | 16 | Extricate | Snow Shipyards | 1,089 | 27-Jul-43 | Sunk in typhoon off Okinawa and lost 1946 | |
| ARS | 17 | Restorer | Snow Shipyards | 1,089 | 6-Oct-43 | To Denmark 1948, discarded | |
| ARS | 18 | Rescuer | United Engine Works | 1904 | Ex-Casper, acquired 1942, wrecked and lost 1943 | ||
| ARS | 19 | Cable | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 6-Mar-44 | Sunk as target 1978 | |
| ARS | 20 | Chain | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 31-Mar-44 | Reclassified as AGOR 17 1958, scrapped 1979 | |
| ARS | 21 | Curb | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 12-May-44 | Reefed off Key West FL 1983 | |
| ARS | 22 | Current | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 14-Jun-44 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| ARS | 23 | Deliver | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 18-Jul-44 | To South Korea 1979, active | |
| ARS | 24 | Grasp | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 22-Aug-44 | To South Korea 1978, active | |
| ARS | 25 | Safeguard | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 30-Sep-44 | To Turkey 1979 as Isin (A 589), active | |
| ARS | 26 | Seize | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 3-Nov-44 | To USCG 1946 as Yocona (WAT 168, later WMEC 168), struck 1996, sunk as target 2006 | |
| ARS | 27 | Snatch | Basalt Rock Company | 1,441 | 11-Dec-44 | Reclassified as AGOR 18 1967, scrapped 1971 | |
| ARS | 28 | Valve | Bellingham Marine Railway | 1,089 | 1944 | Struck 1948 | |
| ARS | 29 | Vent | Bellingham Marine Railway | 1,089 | 1944 | Struck 1948 | |
| ARS | 30 | Accelerate | Kyle & Purdy | 1921 | Ex-Toteco, ex-Walling, acquired 1942, to MC 1947 | ||
| ARS | 31 | Harjurand | Astilleros Cardona (Spain) | 1919 | Acquired 1942, sold 1946 as Dodecanese, scrapped 1955 | ||
| ARS | 32 | Brant | Sun Shipbuilding | ||||