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U.S.S. GRAPPLE

(ARS-53)


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USS GRAPPLE (ARS-53) - a Safeguard-class salvage ship

In Commission 1986 to 2006

ARS-53 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1984-Keel Date: 25 APR 1984
at Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
DEC1984-Launch Date: 8 DEC 1984
NOV1986-Commissioned: 15 NOV 1986
SEP1987-MAR1988Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1990-JAN1992Mediterranean
MAY1997-DEC1997Mediterranean
JAN1999-MAY1999Mediterranean
JUL2001-DEC2001Mediterranean
JUL2001-DEC2001Mediterranean
JUL2005-DEC2005Mediterranean
JUL2006-Decommissioned: 13 JUL 2006
JUL2010-Shellback Initiation - 8 JUL 2010 - Atlantic Ocean

ARS-53 General Specifications

Class: Safeguard-class salvage ship

Complement: 7 Officers and 92 Enlisted

Displacement: 2633 tons

Length: 255 feet

Beam: 51 feet

Draft: 17 feet

Final Disposition: Transferred to MSC NFAF