title: Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
text: # Diver-class rescue and salvage ship
  
  The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy.
  
  ## Ships
  
  | Ship name | Hull number | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Diver | ARS-5 | 23 October 1943 | 27 July 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown |
  | Escape | ARS-6 | 20 November 1943 | 29 June 1995 | Sold for scrap, 24 August 2009 |
  | Grapple | ARS-7 | 16 December 1943 | Unknown | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 December 1977; currently active |
  | Preserver | ARS-8 | 11 January 1944 | 7 August 1992 | Sold for scrap, 30 November 2005 |
  | Shackle | ARS-9 | 5 February 1944 | 29 June 1946 | Transferred to the coast guard, 29 June 1946. (see Acushnet for subsequent history) |
  | Protector | ARS-14 | 28 December 1943 | 15 May 1946 | Sold to commercial interest, 16 December 1946; fate unknown |
  | Cable | ARS-19 | 6 March 1944 | 15 September 1947 | Sunk as a target, 7 August 1978 |
  | Chain | ARS-20 | 31 March 1944 | 9 November 1946 | Sold for scrap, June 1979 |
  | Curb | ARS-21 | 12 May 1944 | 20 December 1946 | Sunk as an artificial reef, 23 November 1983 |
  | Current | ARS-22 | 14 June 1944 | 9 February 1948 | Sold for scrap, 27 June 1975 |
  | Deliver | ARS-23 | 14 July 1944 | 1 August 1979 | Transferred to South Korea, 15 August 1979; currently active |
  | Grasp | ARS-24 | 22 August 1944 | 12 December 1946 | Transferred to South Korea, 31 March 1978; fate unknown |
  | Safeguard | ARS-25 | 30 September 1944 | 25 September 1979 | Transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Isin (A-589); decommissioned, 30 March 2017 |
  | Seize | ARS-26 | 3 November 1944 | 14 June 1996 | Sunk as a target, 20 June 2006 |
  | Snatch | ARS-27 | 11 December 1944 | 23 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 8 November 1971 |
  | Valve | ARS-28 | 24 February 1944 | 26 August 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 26 July 1948; fate unknown |
  | Vent | ARS-29 | 7 April 1944 | 30 August 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 30 June 1948; fate unknown |
  | Clamp | ARS-33 | 23 August 1943 | 6 May 1947 | Sold for scrap, 12 April 2011 |
  | Gear | ARS-34 | 24 September 1943 | 13 December 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 12 April 1949; fate unknown |
  