USS Sunbird (ASR-15) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy.
Sunbird was laid down on 2 April 1945 by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, and launched on 3 April 1946, sponsored by Mrs. John H. Lassiter. Sunbird was accepted by the Navy, inactivated, and towed to the Charleston Navy Yard on 15 January 1947. She was commissioned at New London, Connecticut, on 23 June 1950.
USSSunbird (ASR-15) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy. Sunbird was laid down on 2 April 1945 by the Savannah Machine...
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(ASR-8) USS Florikan (ASR-9) USS Greenlet (ASR-10) USS Macaw (ASR-11) USS Penguin (ASR–12) USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) USS Petrel (ASR-14) USSSunbird (ASR-15)...
City to England, and later transported to Newport, Rhode Island, by the USSSunbird. One injured seaman had to have his left leg amputated. The Navy later...
salvage operations. Rescue ships, including the submarine rescue ship USSSunbird and the United States Coast Guard tug USCGC Cherokee sped to the scene...
the USS John W. Weeks had arrived and relieved the merchant ships. The following day, the tug Turmoil arrived, guided by the searchlights from USS John...
Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS George Washington (ID-3018) and USAT George Washington in service of the...
by the Maritime Commission (MARCOM) on a loan charter basis and renamed USS Petaluma (AOG-69), she was to be a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker...
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