For other ships with the same name, see USS Grasp.
USNS Grasp towing the ex-USS Des Moines for scrapping.
History
United States
Name
USNS Grasp
Builder
Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay
Laid down
30 March 1983
Launched
2 May 1985
Commissioned
16 December 1985
Decommissioned
19 January 2006
Homeport
Naval Base San Diego
Identification
IMO number: 8434324
MMSI number: 338842000
Callsign: NADQ
Motto
"Any Ocean Any Time"
Fate
Transferred to the Military Sealift Command
General characteristics
Class and type
Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship
Displacement
3,282 long tons (3,335 t) full
Length
255 ft (78 m) o/a
Beam
50 ft (15 m)
Draft
15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion
4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines
4,200 shp (3 MW)
2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers
Speed
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
30 US Navy (Military Sealift Command) Civilian Mariners.
Armament
2 × Mk 38 25 mm chain guns
2 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) is a Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, the second United States Navy ship of that name.
Grasp was laid down on 30 March 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 2 May 1985; and commissioned on 14 December 1985 as USS Grasp (ARS-51).[1][2]
Grasp is the second ship of the newest auxiliary rescue and salvage class of vessels constructed for the US Navy. The rugged construction of this steel-hulled vessel, combined with her speed and endurance, make Grasp well-suited for rescue and salvage operations throughout the world. The hull below the waterline is ice-strengthened.
Grasp sister ships are USS Safeguard (ARS-50), USS Salvor (ARS-52), and USS Grapple (ARS-53).
On 19 January 2006 USS Grasp was decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for non-commissioned service as USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51).[2][3]
On 20 July 1999, it was the Grasp that finally located the fuselage of the plane flown by John F. Kennedy Jr. Following the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, the Grasp was staffed with a team of structural engineers from the US Army Corps of Engineers and dispatched on 16 January 2010 to the country's devastated seaport in Port-au-Prince as part of Operation Unified Response to assess for and complete emergency structural repairs so that large military and civilian cargo vessels may unload their rescue aid shipments more efficiently.[4]
^"Grasp II (ARS-51)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ ab"USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51)". Naval Vessel Register. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^Anderson, Davis J. (19 January 2006). "USS Grasp Decommissioned, Transferred to Military Sealift Command". Fleet Public Affairs Center Atlantic, U.S. Navy. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^Bonney, Joseph (18 January 2010). "Military Tackles Haiti Logistics". JOC. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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