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ARS-24 Grasp

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Vietnam, 1-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 31 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS Grasp (ARS-24), 22 August 1944
  • Decommissioned, 12 December 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria
  • Recommissioned, 10 October 1950, at San Diego, CA.
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1978
  • Sold to South Korea, 31 March 1978 under the Security Assistance Program
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Grasp was awarded two battle stars for World War II service, five battle stars for Korean War service, and 5 battle stars for Vietnam service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630t.
    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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    Grasp 98k Grasp (ARS-24) docking/undocking at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1955    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Grasp 32k Grasp (ARS-24) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Jerry Lentz
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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