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USS Curb (ARS-21)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Alpha - Bravo
NJAB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 24 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Curb (ARS-21), 12 May 1944, LCDR. C. Peterson, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 December 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Loaned to the commercial salvage firm, Merritt Chapman & Scott, 10 May 1947
  • Returned for lay up in the Reserve Fleet, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 April 1981
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, 23 February 1982, hulk sunk as an artificial reef off Key West FL., 23 November 1983
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 4"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament four 40mm guns, four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp
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    Curb 30k USS Curb (ARS-21) underway, date and location unknown. Orvid Jeppson for his father-in-law William Hiram Francis MoMM/3c USS Curb, 1944-46.
    Curb 28k USS Curb (ARS-21) underway, date and location unknown. Orvid Jeppson for his father-in-law William Hiram Francis MoMM/3c USS Curb, 1944-46.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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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