USS Grapple (ARS-53)
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History | |
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Ordered | 29 October 1982 |
Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 25 April 1984 |
Launched | 8 December 1984 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1986 |
Decommissioned | 13 July 2006 |
In service | 14 July 2006 |
Out of service | 1 October 2016 |
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Motto | Ready to Serve |
Honours and awards | Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award (2000) |
Fate | Transferred to MSC NFAF 14 July 2006. Deactivated and placed in storage 1 October 2016 |
Status | Deactivated |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship |
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Length | 255 ft (78 m) |
Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines |
Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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USS Grapple (ARS-53) is a Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship in the United States Navy. Her home port is Norfolk, Virginia. On 13 July 2006 Grapple was decommissioned from US Navy service and converted to civilian operation by Military Sealift Command. She was redesignated as USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53).