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ARS-16 Extricate

Anchor Class Rescue and Salvage Ship : Laid down at Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, ME., (date unknown); Launched, 12 September 1942; Commissioned USS Extricate (ARS-16), 27 July 1943; Sunk, 9 October 1945, during "Typhoon Louise" in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Decommissioned, 5 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946. Extricate received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,089 t.(lt) 1,615 t.(flt); Length 183' 3"; Beam 37': Draft 14' 8"; Speed 12kts; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two single 20mm gun mounts.

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