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Caledonian Salvor (0368)
ex
 BARS-1 (1943 - 1948)

Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 February 1942, as BARS-1, under a Maritime Commission contract at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 22 August 1942
  • Completed, 20 May 1943, and transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend Lease, placed in service as Caledonian Salvor (0368)
  • Assigned to the Commonwealth Salvage Board as a salvage and repair ship in New Guinea
  • Turned over to Australia, 2 September 1945, under Lend Lease.
  • Sold to Australia, 5 August 1948,
  • Title transferred, 12 October 1948
  • Placed out of service by the Australian Navy, date unknown
  • Sold for merchant service in 1958 to Island Tug & Barge Ltd, Vancouver, renamed MV Sudbury II, reflagged Fiji
  • Sold in 1981 for service as a fishing vessel, renamed FV Lady Pacific
  • Final Disposition, sank off Prince Rupert Island, B. C., 31 October 1982
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,334 t.(lt) 1,940 t.(fl)
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 1"
    Speed 14.8 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four single .50 cal machine guns
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel 2,300 Bbls
    Gasoline 2,450 Gals
    Propulsion
    Cooper Bessemer Diesel-electric engines
    two 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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    Australian Salvage and Rescue Vessel
    Caledonian Salvor
    US National Archives Photo # Photo No. 19-N-46668    		 66k Caledonian Salvor under way in San Pablo Bay CA., 26 May 1943.
    US National Archives Photo #'s 19-N-46668,
    US National Archives Photo #'s 19-N-46667 and
    US National Archives Photo #'s 19-N-46670
    US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Courtesy Shipscribe.com
    Caledonian Salvor
    US National Archives Photo # Photo No. 19-N-46667    		 59k
    Caledonian Salvor
    US National Archives Photo # Photo No. 19-N-46670    		 80k
    Caledonian Salvor 63k Caledonian Salvor at Rabaul, New Britain, 30 September 1945. The tug, operated by the Commonwealth Salvage Board, is working alongside the Japanese tanker IJN Naruto (No. 5301), which was damaged in Simpson Harbor twelve months earlier by Allied bombing.
    Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 097427    		 Mike Green
    Merchant Service
    Caledonian Salvor 396k Ex-Caledonian Salvor under way off the Canadian Pacific coast as the Island Tug & Barge Ltd, tug MV Sudbury II date unknown.
    Photo from "Warships of World War II", by H T Lenton & J J Colledge    		 Robert Hurst
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