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ARS-18 Rescuer

Rescuer Class Rescue and Salvage Ship : Built in 1904 as the tug Casper at United Engine Works; , Acquired for the Navy, 6 February 1942;. Converted for Naval service at Seattle; On 31 December 1942, while engaged in salvaging the Soviet ship Turksib near Scotch Cap in the Aleutians, she was carried on to the beach, badly holed, and destroyed. Her name was struck from the Naval Register, 22 December 1944.

Specifications: Displacement 738t.; Length 175' 6"; Beam 34': Speed 10kts; Armament four .30 cal. machine guns.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	64k	Rescuer (ARS-18), date and place unknown. US Navy photo.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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