Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
{{short description|Class of rescue and salvage ships}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=File:USS Diver (ARS-5).jpg | Ship caption=USS Diver (ARS-5) }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name= | Builders=Basalt Rock Company, Napa, California | Operators=*{{Navy|United States}} (formerly)
| Class before=Lapwing-class | Class after=Bolster-class | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1942–1943 | In service range= | In commission range=1943–present | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=19 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active=1 | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired=18 | Total ships scrapped= | Total ships preserved=1 (Sale pending as of 2019) }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Rescue and salvage ship |Ship tonnage={{Convert|1441|LT|t|0|lk=on}} |Ship displacement= {{Convert|1630|LT|t|0|lk=on}} |Ship length= {{Convert|213|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{Convert|39|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= {{Convert|14|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*Diesel-electric, {{Convert|2780|hp|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=120 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*4 × 40 mm guns
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The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.
Ships
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!Ship name !Hull number !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Fate |
| 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 |