What type of submarine was XXX classified as?
USS Salvager (ARS(D)-3)
USS Salvager (ARS(D)-3), a Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel of the United States Navy, was originally conceived as LSM-551, was reclassified ARS(D)-3 on 24 April 1945; named Salvager on 1 May 1945; laid down on 27 August 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas; launched on 7 December 1945; and commissioned on 22 March 1946, Lieutenant Commander Howard L. Kubel, USNR, in command.
Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel