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ARS-35 Weight

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)- World War II Victory Medal

Weight Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:

Authorized under the Lend Lease Act for Great Britain as HMS Plymouth Salvor (BARS-7)

Laid down, 7 April 1942, at American Car and Foundry Co., Wilmington, DE.

Reassigned to the US Navy, 11 January 1943

Launched, 21 April 1943

Commissioned USS Weight (ARS-35), 14 August 1943, at Wilmington, DE.

Decommissioned, 29 March 1946, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

Returned to Maritime Commission custody (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold, 24 July 1947, to David Davidoff, Suisun Bay, CA., fate unknown

Weight earned two battle stars for her World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,232t.(lt) 1,500 t.(fl)
Length 183' 3"
Beam 38' 2"
Draft 13' 11"
Speed 11.5 kts.
Complement 65
Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm guns
Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
60k	Weight (ARS-35) starboard view, laying moored at Oran, Algeria, 1944	Photo by Frank Kocourek, ME1, USN Salvage Diver, USS Weight 1943-45. Submitted by his son Peter Kocourek
48k	Weight (ARS-35) port view, laying moored at Oran, Algeria, 1944	Photo by Frank Kocourek, ME1, USN Salvage Diver, USS Weight 1943-45. Submitted by his son Peter Kocourek
89k	"Queenie" Weight (ARS-35) ships company, 1944	Photo by Frank Kocourek, ME1, USN Salvage Diver, USS Weight 1943-45. Submitted by his son Peter Kocourek

View the Weight (ARS-35)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

View a special feature highlighting the work of Weight (ARS-35)'s
Salvage Divers in the European Theater

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

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

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