U.S.S. Safeguard
ARS-50
1985
(Sea Vee SVX-39)
- Class: Safeguard -- 4 rescue and salvage ships of 1981
- Displacement: 2,633 tons light / 3,282 tons full load
- Dimensions: 255' (oa) x 51' x 17'
- Machinery: four Caterpillar 399 Diesels, twin shaft, 4,200 shp = 14 knots
- Armament: 2-25mm Mk 38 chain guns; 2-.50cal MG
- Complement: 100
- Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Laid down: 8 Nov 1982
- Launched: 12 Nov 1983
- Commissioned: 17 Aug 1985
- Decommissioned: 26 Sep 2007
- Notes: Transferred to MSC as USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50) on decommissioning; placed out of service 1 Oct 2016.
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