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Toiler (ARS-47)

Assigned International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Oscar
NIIO
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Name Toiler was assigned to ARS-47, 3 May 1944, a Diver-class salvage ship to be built at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Contract canceled 12 August 1945
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,897 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 8"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 7
    Enlisted 113
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel 2,150 Bbls
    Gasoline 2,560 Gals
    Propulsion
    four Cooper Bessemer GSR-8 Diesel-electric engines
    single 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

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