Diver-class rescue and salvage ship explained

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

Ships

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Ship nameHull numberCommissionedDecommissionedFate
ARS-5 23 October 1943 27 July 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown
ARS-6 20 November 1943 29 June 1995 Sold for scrap, 24 August 2009
ARS-7 16 December 1943 Unknown Transferred to Taiwan, 1 December 1977; currently active
ARS-8 11 January 1944 7 August 1992 Sold for scrap, 30 November 2005
ARS-9 5 February 1944 29 June 1946 Transferred to the coast guard, 29 June 1946. (see Acushnet for subsequent history)
ARS-14 28 December 1943 15 May 1946 Sold to commercial interest, 16 December 1946; fate unknown
ARS-19 6 March 1944 15 September 1947 Sunk as a target, 7 August 1978
ARS-20 31 March 1944 9 November 1946 Sold for scrap, June 1979
ARS-21 12 May 1944 20 December 1946 Sunk as an artificial reef, 23 November 1983
ARS-22 14 June 1944 9 February 1948 Sold for scrap, 27 June 1975
ARS-23 14 July 1944 1 August 1979 Transferred to South Korea, 15 August 1979; currently active
ARS-24 22 August 1944 12 December 1946 Transferred to South Korea, 31 March 1978; fate unknown
ARS-25 30 September 1944 25 September 1979 Transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Isin (A-589); decommissioned, 30 March 2017
ARS-26 3 November 1944 14 June 1996 Sunk as a target, 20 June 2006
ARS-27 11 December 1944 23 December 1946 Sold for scrap, 8 November 1971
ARS-28 24 February 1944 26 August 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 26 July 1948; fate unknown
ARS-29 7 April 1944 30 August 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 30 June 1948; fate unknown
ARS-33 23 August 1943 6 May 1947 Sold for scrap, 12 April 2011
ARS-34 24 September 1943 13 December 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown