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99k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) underway south of Oahu by HSL helo for antenna identification pictures. Note that the aft kingpost and stack are painted out haze grey, this was accomplished in the early 90's during Desert Storm, when the contrast black/grey was deemed a missile hazard.. US Navy photo. |
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77k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) returns home after a three month deployment, 5 September 2002, in which she stood in for USS Safeguard (ARS 50) to participate in the CARAT 2002 exercise. US Navy photo by PH1(AW) William R. Goodwin, from Hawaii Navy News Online web site. |
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76k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) moored, Pier 2, Naval Station San Diego, 2003. | Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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86k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) moored, Pier 2, Naval Station San Diego, 2003. | Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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130k | RBN divers aboard USS Salvor (ARS-52) watch a US Navy diver demonstrate the MK20 dive mask. US Navy photo # 040621-N-2573M-015 by EM1 Elysian McIntyre. |
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148k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) pulls into Pearl Harbor following a deployment to the Western Pacific, 20 September 2004. The ship departed Hawaii to participate in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004 exercise. CARAT is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. US Navy photo # 040920-N-0106C-001 by JO1 Daniel J. Calderón |
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628k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) operates at sea during the Singapore phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. US Navy photo # 060607-N-4205W-003 South China Sea (June 7, 2006) by MC1 Kathryn Whittenberger. |
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87k | QM3 Robert Arredondo, explains to visitors from the Navy division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) how USS Salvor (ARS-52) is controlled from the bridge. Visits to Vietnam by U.S. Navy ships symbolize the continuation of normalized relations between two nations. Sailors from Salvor and the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM-7) will have an opportunity to interact with the Vietnamese people through a variety of events, including a community service project at a local orphanage and a volleyball game with the Navy division of the PAVN. US Navy photo # 60704-N-9851B-003 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (July 2, 2006) by MC2 John L. Beeman |
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59k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) moored at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 4 July 2006. Salvor is in holiday dress for a 4th of July celebration, while in port at Ho Chi Minh City. Visits to Vietnam by US Navy ships symbolize the continuation of relations between the two nations. Sailors from Salvor and the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) will have an opportunity to interact with the Vietnamese people through a variety of events, including a community service project at a local orphanage and a volleyball game with the Navy division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). US Navy photo # 060704-N-9851B-009 by MC2 John L. Beeman. |
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57k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) at anchor in the Strait of Madura, off the coast of Indonesia, 15 July 2006. Salvor (ARS 52) was conducting familiarization dives with Indonesian Navy divers. US Navy and Indonesian Navy divers were conducting familiarization dives to give Indonesian divers an opportunity to see how US divers conduct operations. Salvor is currently participating in the third phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. US Navy photo # 060715-N-9851B-005 by MC2 John L. Beeman. |
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1025k | Sailors aboard USS Salvor (ARS-52) man the rails as they prepare to moor pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Salvor returned home after completing a five-month deployment to Southeast Asia in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the Navy and the armed forces of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Philippines. US Navy photo # 061002-N-4965F-006 Pearl Harbor (Oct. 2, 2006) by MC1 James E. Foehl. |
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103k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) sailors man the rails for the final time during decommissioning at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., 12 January 2007. Salvor was later placed in service as USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) and transferred to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
US Navy photo # 070112-N-4400J-020 by MC1 Keith Jones. |
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45k | USS Salvor (ARS-52) underway, date and location unknown.
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939k | The Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG-73) ran aground 5 February, 2009, about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport while off-loading personnel into a small boat. USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), which included an embarked detachment of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) personnel, MV Dove, and seven Navy and commercial tugboats freed Port Royal off a shoal on 9 February.
US Navy photo # 090207-N-0000X-002 PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 7, 2009). |
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462k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) anchored in the Yellow Sea off the coast of the Republic of Korea in support of Republic of Korea Navy search and rescue efforts in the wake of the sinking of ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772). USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), USNS Salvor, USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) and USS Lassen (DDG-82) are in the area supporting ROK efforts. US Navy photo # 100403-N-7843A-059 by LCDR. Denver Applehans. |
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428k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) anchored in the Yellow Sea. Salvor is supporting Republic of Korea (ROK) navy efforts to salvage a ROK navy ship that sank March 26. US Navy photo # 100411-N-7843A-108 YELLOW SEA (April 11, 2010) by LCDR. Denver Applehans. |
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313k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy (MSC) photo |
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1627k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), with ex-USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) in tow outbound from Pearl Harbor, 15 July 1012. Concord was sunk as a RIMPAC 2012 target in position 23-00 N 159-55W (60 miles NNW of Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii) on the morning of 17 July 2012. | Captain Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots | |
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911k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) with ex-USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26) in tow outbound from Pearl Harbor, 18 July 2012. Kilauea was sunk as a RIMPAC 2012 target in position 23-00 N 159-55W (60 miles NNW of Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii) on the morning of 20 July 2012. | Captain Wade Armstrong Pearl Harbor Pilots | |
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163k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) outbound from Pearl Harbor, 17 August 2012, with ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11) in tow, en route to Guam where Coronado was expended as a target in a SINKEX in early September 2012. Photo courtesy of Woody Ross, Military Sealift Command Office Pearl Harbor Hawaii. |
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1281k | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) moored at the Sihanoukville Commercial Port ready to participate in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. US Navy photo # 121021-N-VA590-230 SIHANOUKVILE, Cambodia (Oct. 21, 2012) by MCC Jose Lopez, Jr. |
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| USS Salvor (ARS-52) Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCDR Reish, Robert A. | 14 June 1986 - 29 July 1989 |
| 02 | LCDR Steadley, Joel F. | 29 July 1989 - 25 October 1991 |
| 03 | LCDR Pauls, James M. | 25 October 1991 - 19 November 1993 |
| 04 | LCDR Howes, Randall S. | 19 November 1993 - 12 January 1996 |
| 05 | LCDR Henson, Christopher Michael | 12 January 1996 - 23 January 1998 |
| 06 | LCDR Bush, Babette Bolivar | 23 January 1998 - 14 January 2000 |
| 07 | LCDR Nault, William Joseph | 14 January 2000 - 12 September 2001 |
| 08 | LCDR Carter, John Allen (JC) | 12 September 2001 - 17 June 2003 |
| 09 | LCDR McCartney, Michael Alan | 17 June 2003 - 28 January2005 |
| 10 | LCDR Howard, John Colby | 28 January 2005 - 12 January 2007 |
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