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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. Rudolph M. Brunner in command

During World War II USS Hoist was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Hoist was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 7 October 1945 to 16 March 1946 while conducting salvage operations

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 1,497 t.(lt) 2,048 t.(fl)
Length 213' 6"
Beam 43'
Draft 13' 9"
Speed 16 kts.

Complement

Officers 7

Enlisted 113

Largest Boom Capacity10 t.

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four .50 cal machine guns

Fuel Capacities

Diesel 2,150 Bbls

Gasoline 2,500 Gals

Propulsion

four Cooper-Bessemer Diesel-electric, GSB-8 engines

double Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 3,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	124k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** under way in her Korean War configuration, location unknown. US Navy photo from "Mud, Muscles, and Miracles" by Captain Charles A. Bartholomew, USN and Commander William I. Milwee, Jr., USN (Ret.)	Robert Hurst
	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 Salvager (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
09374016	125k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Anonymous., in memory of the *USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** crew members living and deceased.
	68k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** at Boston, July 1962 with RV Trieste under tow.	©Richard Leonhardt
	33k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** under way in Hampton Roads, circa 1967	Courtesy Ed Lefebrve via NAFTS National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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	397k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40) participating in SUBSALVEX69, and exercise in which ex-USS Hake (AGSS-256) was sunk in 110 feet of water in the Chesapeake Bay. Hoist worked with USS Preserver (ARS-8)** to successfully salvage the submarine in two and one half weeks. US Navy photo	Harold Weinbaum courtesy David A Downey BM2 (DV) USN USS Hoist 1967-68.
	506k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** under way in Spain, circa 1967-68. US Navy photo.	Harold Weinbaum courtesy David A Downey BM2 (DV) USN USS Hoist 1967-68.
	53k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** under way date and location unknown.	Tom Langford
	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
	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
	64k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** entering Gibraltar, 23 September 1993.	Photo by Daniel Ferro
09374017	343k	*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** underway near Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA., May 1997	Photo by Dirk Dijksman
	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
	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
	188k	Ex-*USS Hoist* (ARS-40)** moored pierside awaiting scrapping, at Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., 27 December 2007. Photo by KitsuneFX (real name unknown).	Robert Hurst

For more information about USS Hoist, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Additional USS Hoist History

National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Brunner, Rudolph Martin	21 July 1945 - 29 August 1945
02	LCDR. Sibitzky, Martin Conrad (Ski)	29 August 1945 - 14 October 1947
03	LT. Reed, Dale Frank	14 October 1947 - 29 March 1948
04	LT. Shahan, Neil George	29 March 1948 - 24 May 1951
05	LT. Simmons, Arthur Edwin	24 May 1951 - 10 January 1952
06	LT. Kratochvil, Edward John	10 January 1952 - 14 December 1953
07	LT. Bucolo, Mariano John, USN (USNA 1946)	14 December 1953 - 20 May 1955
08	LCDR. Grey, George Stuart	20 May 1955 - 7 June 1957
09	LCDR. Phalan Jr., Robert Albin	7 June 1957 - 17 April 1959
10	LCDR. Bransom, Richard King	17 April 1959 - 14 June 1960
11	LCDR. Geary, Mervyn Otis	14 June 1960 - 18 January 1962
12	LCDR. Elliott, Edward Charles	18 January 1962 - 15 June 1963
13	LCDR. Jennings, Gerald Warren	15 June 1963 - 15 February 1965
14	LCDR. Kane, Paul Edward	15 February 1965 - 26 November 1966
15	LCDR. Reynolds, Keith Austin	26 November 1966 - 26 July 1967
16	LCDR. Lefebvre, Edward Joseph	26 July 1967 - 1968
17	LCDR. Kurz, Walter Charles	1968 - 13 January 1970
18	LCDR. Christiansen, Michael L.	13 January 1970 - 8 June 1972
19	LCDR. Garden, Leon Bernard	8 June 1972 - 4 March 1974
20	LCDR. Bissell, Allen Morris, USN (USNA 1960)	4 March 1974 - 6 September 1975
21	LCDR. Kaiser, David Gordon	6 September 1975 - 1977
22	LCDR. Durham, Andrew Canton	1977 - 10 October 1979
23	LCDR. Driver, John Edward	10 October 1979 - 31 July 1981
25	LCDR. Almy III, Gideon Wilcox	31 July 1981 - 1983
26	LCDR. Wallace, David K.	1983 - 12 August 1985
27	LCDR. Bafford, Barney R.	12 August 1985 - 1987
28	LCDR. Freeman, Michael D.	1989 - 1990
29	CDR. Mirick, Robert Allen (Rusty), USN (USNA 1979)	1990 - October 1992
30	LCDR. Hendrick, Peter R.	October 1992 - May1994
31	LCDR. Kurtz, Jonathan David, USN (USNA 1982)	May 1994 - 30 September 1994


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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