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USS Hoist (ARS-40)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Whiskey - Xray
 NTWX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation (3)
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Battle "E" Ribbon (5) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba)
Third Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fourth - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuba, 2-Lebanon)
Bolster Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 September 1944, at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 31 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Hoist (ARS-40), 21 July 1945, LCDR. R. M. Brunner in command
  • During World War II USS Hoist was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II Hoist was assigned to Occupation service from 7 October 1945 to 16 March 1946 during witch time she conducted salvage operations in the Far East
  • Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1994
  • Title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 29 November 2001
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Sold for scrapping, 17 July 2007 for $61,000 to North American Ship Recycling, Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Abandoned at Baltimore, MD., when North American Ship Recycling went out of business in 2007
  • Scrapping contract re-awarded, 30 November 2007, to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., for $95,000
  • Final Disposition, towed from North American Ship Recycling at Baltimore, MD. to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., 1 December 2007, for scrapping
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,497t.(lt) 2,048 t.(fl)
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 8"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament two 40mm guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780shp
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    Baldwin 101k USS Baldwin (DD-624) at right during operations to refloat her at Montauk Point, Long Island, N.Y., at 1030 hrs. 28 April 1961. The "mothballed" destroyer had broken free from her towline, 16 April 1961, and drifted ashore. Among the ships engaged in the salvage effort are USS Hoist (ARS-40), USS Salvage (ARSD-3), USS Windlass (ARSD-4) and a fleet tug (ATF). photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, R. I. Baldwin was towed seaward by USS Luiseno (ATF-156), bottom left, and USS Recovery (ARS-43), top left, and sunk by their gunfire, in 200 fathoms. Both Salvager and Windlass (ARSD-4), participated in towing her off the beach.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 99108    		 Robert Hurst
    Hoist 68k USS Hoist (ARS-40) at Boston, July 1962 with RV Trieste under tow. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Hoist 33k USS Hoist (ARS-40) underway in Hampton Roads, circa 1967 Courtesy Ed Lefebrve
    via NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Hoist 71k
    Hoist 45k
    Hoist 32k
    Hoist 64k USS Hoist (ARS-40) entering Gibraltar, 23 September 1993. Photo by Daniel Ferro
    Hoist 53k USS Hoist (ARS-40) underway date and location unknown. Tom Langford
    Hoist 84k USS Hoist (ARS-40) in bound to her homeport of Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA. The ship at the time was returning from a six month Mediterranean in November 1979. Photo by Bill Fessenden
    Hoist 1132k Port bow view of USS Hoist (ARS-40) moored at the Portsmouth Public Dock during an open house, 29 October 1989.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-89-01495 by Don S. Montgomery USN Ret. from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Hoist 57k USS Hoist (ARS-40) laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 2002. Joe Lombardi, Ocean Technical Services
    Hoist 127k Ex-USS Hoist (ARS-40) being moved by commercial tug through Hampton Roads (downtown Norfolk, VA. in the background) from North American Ship Recycling at Baltimore, MD. to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., for scrapping, 1 December 2007 Photo by Mabel Clark

    For more information about USS Hoist, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
  • Commanding Officers
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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