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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
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USS Escape ARS-6
USCGC Escape WMEC-6


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - November - Foxtrot
NQNF

USS Escape (ARS-6) was transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1978
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship
  • Laid down, 24 August 1942, at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 22 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS Escape (ARS-6), 20 November 1943, LT. W. T. Williams in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 July 1946
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and recommissioned, 12 July 1951
  • Decommissioned, 1 September 1978
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred to US Coast Guard
  • Commissioned USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), 1 September 1978
  • Decommissioned and returned to Naval custody, 29 June 1995
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 June 1995
  • Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Sold by MARAD, 12 July 1995
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 4"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp
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    USS Escape (ARS-6)
    Escape 44k Escape (ARS-6) moored pierside, date and location unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, Courtesy Harvey Naeser
    Escape 129k Escape (ARS-6) entering the Port of Monaco in 1972 or early 1973. Tony Nichols USS Escape
    USCGC Escape (WMEC-6)
    Escape 80k Escape (WMEC-6) underway, date and location unknown. Coast Guard Historian's Office
    View the Escape (ARS-6)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office
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