Salvage and Rescue Ships (ARS, ASR, ATS)                                       Most recent update: August 3, 2009.

 

Type Pennant # Name Shipbuilder Hull # LDT Delivered Disposition

Salvage Ships (ARS)
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 Built as AM 24
ARS 33 Clamp Basalt Rock Company 1,441 23-Aug-43 Transfer to Britain as Atlantic Salvor (BARS 3) cancelled, to be sunk as target
ARS 34 Gear Basalt Rock Company 1,441 24-Sep-43 Transfer to Britain as Pacific Salvor (BARS 4) cancelled, scrapped 1982
ARS 35 Weight American Car & Foundry 1,089 14-Aug-43 Transfer to Britain as Plymouth Salvor (BARS 7) cancelled, sold 1947
ARS 36 Swivel American Car & Foundry 1,089 5-Jun-43 Transfer to Britain as York Salvor (BARS 8) cancelled, sold 1947
ARS 37 Tackle Newport News Shipbuilding 1912 Ex-W. R.Chamberlain, Jr., acquired 1943, later ARST 4
ARS 38 Bolster Basalt Rock Company 1,441 1-May-45 To NDRF 1994
ARS 39 Conserver Basalt Rock Company 1,441 9-Jun-45 Sunk as target 2004
ARS 40 Hoist Basalt Rock Company 1,441 21-Jul-45 To Taiwan 1998 as Ta Peng (ARS 549), to Toledo OH as museum 2003, scrapped 2007
ARS 41 Opportune Basalt Rock Company 1,441 5-Oct-45 Scrapped 2003
ARS 42 Reclaimer Basalt Rock Company 1,441 20-Dec-45 In NDRF, to be sunk as target
ARS 43 Recovery Basalt Rock Company 1,441 14-May-46 To Taiwan 1998 as Ta De (ARS 550), active
ARS 44 Retriever Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 45 Skillfull Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 46 Support Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 47 Toiler Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 48 Urgent Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 49 Willing Basalt Rock Company 1,441 Cancelled
ARS 50 Safeguard Peterson   2,700 17-Aug-85 T-ARS 50 2007, active
ARS 51 Grasp Peterson   2,700 14-Dec-85 T-ARS 51 2005, active
ARS 52 Salvor Peterson   2,700 14-Jun-86 T-ARS 52 2006, active
ARS 53 Grapple Peterson   2,700 15-Nov-86 T-ARS 53 2006, active
ARS 54           Cancelled
BARS 1 Caledonian Salvor Basalt Rock Company 1,441 22-Aug-42 To Britain 1942, to Australia 1943, returned 1946, sold 1947 as Sudbury II
BARS 2 Cambrian Salvor Basalt Rock Company   1,441 7-Sep-42 To Britain 1943, to Australia 1943, returned 1946, sold 1947 as Caribsche Zee
BARS 3 Atlantic Salvor Basalt Rock Company 1,441 24-Oct-42 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Clamp (ARS 33)
BARS 4 Pacific Salvor Basalt Rock Company 1,441 24-Oct-42 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Clamp (ARS 34)
BARS 5 American Salvor Barbour Boat Works 1,089 27-Dec-42 To Britain 1942, returned 1946
BARS 6 Boston Salvor Barbour Boat Works 1,089 20-Feb-43 To Britain 1943, CTL 1945, scrapped
BARS 7 Plymouth Salvor American Car & Foundry 1,089 24-Oct-42 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Weight (ARS 35)
BARS 8 York Salvor American Car & Foundry 1,089 24-Oct-42 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Swivel (ARS 36)
BARS 9 Lincoln Salvor Bellingham Marine Railway 1,089 27-Dec-42 To Britain 1943, returned 1946
BARS 10 Southampton Salvor Bellingham Marine Railway 1,089 20-Feb-43 To Britain 1943, returned 1946
BARS 11 Quebec Salvor Bellingham Marine Railway 1,089 21-Apr-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Valve (ARS 28)
BARS 12 Queen Salvor Bellingham Marine Railway 1,089 6-May-43 Intended for Britain but retained as USS Vent (ARS 29)

Submarine Rescue Ships (ASR)
ASR 1 Widgeon   Converted from AM 22
ASR 2 Falcon   Converted from AM 28
ASR 3 Chewink   Converted from AM 39
ASR 4 Mallard   Converted from AM 44
ASR 5 Ortolan   Converted from AM 45
ASR 6 Pigeon   Converted from AM 47
ASR 7 Chanticleer Moore Dry Dock 1,780 20-Nov-42 Scrapped 1974
ASR 8 Coucal Moore Dry Dock 1,780 22-Jan-43 Sunk as target 1991
ASR 9 Florikan Moore Dry Dock 1,780 5-Apr-43 To be sunk as target
ASR 10 Greenlet Moore Dry Dock 1,780 29-May-43 To Turkey 1970 as Akin (A 585), active
ASR 11 Macaw Moore Dry Dock 1,780 20-Nov-43 Wrecked near Midway and lost 1944
ASR 12 Penguin   Converted from ATF 99
ASR 13 Kittiwake Savannah Machine 1,780 10-Jul-45 To NDRF 2000
ASR 14 Petrel Savannah Machine 1,780 26-Sep-45 Scrapped 2003
ASR 15 Sunbird Savannah Machine 1,780 3-Apr-46 Scrapped 2005
ASR 16 Tringa Savannah Machine 1,780 25-Jun-46 Struck 1977, to be sunk as target
ASR 17 Verdin Savannah Machine 1,780 Cancelled
ASR 18 Windower Savannah Machine 1,780 Cancelled
ASR 19 Bluebird   Converted from ATF 164, to Turkey 1950 as Kurtaran
ASR 20 Skylark   Converted from ATF 165, to Brazil 1973 as Gastao Moutinho
ASR 21 Pigeon Alabama   4,545 29-Jan-72 To NDRF 2005
ASR 22 Ortolan Alabama   4,545 17-May-72 To be sunk as target
ASR 23-30           Cancelled

Salvage Tugs (ATS)
ATS 1 Edenton Brooke Marine (U.K.)   2,930 5-Jan-71 To USCG 1997 as WMEC 39 "Alex Haley": active
ATS 2 Beaufort Brooke Marine (U.K.)   2,930 1-Jan-72 To Korea 1997 as ARS 27 "Pyong Taek": active
ATS 3 Brunswick Brooke Marine (U.K.)   2,930 21-Nov-72 To Korea 1997 as ARS 28 "Kwang Yang": active
ATS 4           Cancelled
ATS 5           Cancelled