For other ships with the same name, see USS Safeguard.
Safeguard steams off the coast of Kyushu Island
History
United States
Name
USS Safeguard
Builder
Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay
Laid down
8 November 1982
Launched
12 November 1983
Commissioned
17 August 1985
Decommissioned
26 September 2007
Out of service
1 September 2016
Homeport
Sasebo, Japan
Identification
IMO number: 8434362
MMSI number: 369930000
Callsign: NRUD
Motto
"First in Class"
Fate
Transferred to the Military Sealift Command, Deactivated and placed in Reserve Fleet September 2016
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)
Ice class
1A
Propulsion
4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines
4,200 shp (3 MW)
2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range
17,500
Complement
100 (6 officers, 94 enlisted)
Armament
2 × Mk 38 25 mm chain guns
2 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50), formerly USS Safeguard (ARS-50), is the lead ship of her class and the second United States Navy ship of that name.
Safeguard was laid down on 8 November 1982 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 12 November 1983; and commissioned on 17 August 1985.[1]
Safeguard is the lead 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 Safeguard well-suited for rescue and salvage operations throughout the world. The hull below the waterline is ice-strengthened.
USNS Safeguard's sister ships are the USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) and USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53).[2]
On 26 September 2007 USS Safeguard was transferred to the Military Sealift Command as USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50).[1][3]
^ ab"USNS Safeguard". Naval Vessel Register. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^"Ship Inventory: Rescue and Salvage Ships". Military Sealift Command. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^Baxter, Ed (26 September 2007). "Safeguard Transfers to Military Sealift Command". United States Navy. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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