ARS-50 Safeguard
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The Navy has responsibility for salvaging US government owned ships and, when it is in the best interests of the United States, privately owned vessels as well. Rescue and salvage ships save battle damaged combat ships from further damage and tow them to safety. Rescue, salvage and towing ships provide rapid fire fighting, pumping, battle damage repair and rescue towing to warships in combat and tow them to repair ships or bases in safe areas. Currently 13 rescue and salvage ships are in service. The newest of these, the Safeguard ARS-50 class, were commissioned in 1984 and 1985.
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| Power Plant | geared diesel engines 2 propellers |
| Length | 255 feet overall 240 feet waterline length |
| Beam | Extreme Beam: 51 ft Waterline Beam: 50 ft |
| Draft | Maximum Navigational Draft: 17 ft Draft Limit: 18 ft |
| Displacement | Light Displacement: 2482 tons Full Displacement: 3181 tons Dead Weight: 699 tons |
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| Speed | knots ( mph) |
| Crew | Officers: 7 Enlisted: 92 |
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| Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Ordered | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
| Safeguard | ARS 50 | Peterson | Sasebo | 28 Aug 1981 | 17 Aug 1985 | ? 2035 |
| Grasp | ARS 51 | Peterson | Little Creek | 11 Feb 1982 | 14 Dec 1985 | ? 2035 |
| Salvor | ARS 52 | Peterson | Pearl Harbor | 11 Feb 1982 | 14 Jun 1986 | ? 2036 |
| Grapple | ARS 53 | Peterson | Little Creek | 29 Oct 1982 | 15 Nov 1986 | ? 2036 |
Sources and Resources Return to Top
- USS Safeguard to be forward deployed in Sasebo Navy News Service 04/99 (Jan. 20, 1999)
- USS Safeguard ARS-50 - Official US Navy Page
- USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) - Navysite.de
- ARS-50 / T-ARS-50 Safeguard - NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
- USNS SAFEGUARD (T-ARS 50) - Salvage Ship - Naval Vessel Register
