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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Safeguard class |
| Builders | Peterson Builders |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Bolster class |
| Succeeded by | Navajo class |
| Built | 1982–1984 |
| In commission | 1985–present |
| Planned | 5 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Cancelled | 1 |
| Active | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 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 |
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| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Range | 17,500 |
| Complement | 100 (6 officers, 94 enlisted) |
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The Safeguard class is a class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship under the United States Navy.[1]
- ^ "Salvage and Towing Assets". www.navsea.navy.mil. Retrieved 17 February 2021.