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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USCGC Escape (WMEC-6)
ex
USS Escape (ARS-6) (1943 - 1978)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - November - Foxtrot
NQNF

USS Escape Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal (1-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)

USCGC Escape Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard "E" Award - National Defense Service Medal

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Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and recommissioned, 12 July 1951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, Lee Hall, VA.

Final Disposition, contract for scrapping awarded to Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC of Chesapeake, 24 August 2009, will receive $115,200 to recycle ex-Escape

Specifications:
Displacement 1,530 t.
Length 213' 6"
Beam 39'
Draft 14' 4"
Speed 14.8 kts. (trial)
Complement

Officers - 7

Enlisted - 113
,b>Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four .50 cal machine guns
Fuel Capacities

Diesel - 2,150 Bbls

Gasoline - 2,500 Gals
Propulsion

four Combustion Engineering GSB-8 Diesel engines

double Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears

Ship's Service Generators

two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.

one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 3.000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Escape (ARS-6)
	40k	*USS Escape* (ARS-6)** underway in 1946, location unknown.	George Harper
	44k	*USS Escape* (ARS-6)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, Courtesy Harvey Naeser
	129k	*USS Escape* (ARS-6)** entering the Port of Monaco circa 1977.	Tony Nichols USS Escape
	145k	*USS Escape* (ARS-6)** moored pierside at Cartagena, Spain, circa 1976-77.	Mario Gomes USS Escape
	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
	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
USCGC Escape (WMEC-6)
	80k	*USCGC Escape* (WMEC-6)** underway, date and location unknown.	Coast Guard Historian's Office
	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
MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
NR 09370604	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 and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22)** on her starboard 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
NR 09370605	114k
NR 09370606	105k
NR 09370607	120k
NR 09370608	124k
NR 09370609	84k
NR 09370610	112k
NR 09370611	112k
NR 09370612	120k
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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