The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.
Ships Ship nameHull numberCommissionedDecommissionedFate 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 on 15 August 1979 and renamed ROKS Gumi (ARS-26); Sold for scrap, 28 February 1998 Grasp ARS-24 22 August 1944 12 December 1946 Transferred to South Korea on 31 March 1978 and renamed ROKS Changwon (ARS-25); Sold for scrap, 31 October 1997 Safeguard ARS-25 30 September 1944 25 September 1979 Transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Isin (A-589); decommissioned, 30 March 2017, sunk June 20, 2021 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
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