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99k | Escape (ARS-6) in the Napa River, CA., 11 November 1943, about a week before commissioning. This ship, the second of this type ordered for the US Navy, was completed with a modified rig aft consisting of a single kingpost with two longer booms. One of the booms was soon deleted, and this became the standard rig for the remainder of the class. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo #'s 19-N-57116 and 19-N-57115, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Mike Green | |
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40k | USS Escape (ARS-6) underway in 1946, location unknown. | George Harper | |
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44k | USS Escape (ARS-6) moored pierside, date and location unknown. | National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, Courtesy Harvey Naeser | |
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129k | USS Escape (ARS-6) entering the Port of Monaco circa 1977. | Tony Nichols USS Escape | |
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145k | USS Escape (ARS-6) moored pierside at Cartagena, Spain, circa 1976-77. | Mario Gomes USS Escape | |
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164k | View from USS Escape (ARS-6) of the harbor at Rota, Spain in 1977. Crew members Larry Crawford and John McCreary. | Mario Gomes USS Escape | |
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125k | USS Escape (ARS-6) towing USS Graham County (AGP-1176) from Naples, Italy to Newport News, VA., circa 1977-78. | Mario Gomes USS Escape | |
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80k | USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) underway, date and location unknown. | Coast Guard Historian's Office | |
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98k | USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) on patrol in the Caribbean Sea picking up refugees, circa 1994. Photo courtesy of the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Scott Vollmer. |
Robert Hurst | |
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110k | Ex-USS Escape (ARS-6) / USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA., 7 and 8 April 2009. Photo # NR 09370604 - Closeup of ex-Escape in her row in the James River Reserve Fleet NR 09370605 - Escape sits between ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) on her port side NR 09370606 - Bow from the flying bridge NR 09370607 - Bow & Deckhouse from the anchor windlass NR 09370608 - Deckhouse detail NR 09370609 - "Bar code Boat" Mark on her deckhouse NR 09370610 - Anti-Drug scorecard NR 09370611 - USCG Hull markings NR 09370612 - Bridge Interior |
Photos by Mike Hibbard | |
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87k | From left to right; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) and an unidentified AKR, Large, Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship, laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 | Photo Mike Hibbard | |
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119k | From left to right; ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) and an unidentified AKR, Large, Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 | Photo Mike Hibbard | |
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87k | From right to left; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 | Photo Mike Hibbard | |
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102k | From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 | Photo Mike Hibbard | |
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111k | From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) and ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 | Photo Mike Hibbard | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LT. Williams, W. T. | 20 November 1943 - ? |
| 03 | LCDR. Hill, Jesse Lee | 6 January 1946 - 14 January 1947 |
| 06 | CDR. Willett, Raymond Francis | 22 July 1955 - August 1956 |
| 09 | LCDR. Ashman, Richard Clemens | 18 August 1959 - 18 May 1960 |
| 23 | LCDR. Clark, James Ward | 17 December 1976 - 1 September 1978 |
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