Diver (ARS-5) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Gear (ARS-34) Near the Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 November 1943. The twin kingpost aft with two booms was part of the original design of this class and was fitted to the first five units to be completed (four ordered by the British, including Gear, and Diver). Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Diver (ARS-5) At Cherbourg, France, circa August 1944 alongside a ship sunk by the Germans there. Note her twin kingpost with two booms aft. Photo No. 80-G-256076 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Escape (ARS-6) In the Napa River, California, on 11 November 1943 about a week before commissioning. This ship, the second of this type ordered for the U.S. Navy, was completed with a modified rig aft consisting of a single kingpost with two longer booms. One of the booms was soon deleted, and this became the standard rig for the remainder of the class. Photo No. 19-N-57116 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Escape (ARS-6) In the Napa River, California, on 11 November 1943 about a week before commissioning. Photo No. 19-N-57115 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Curb (ARS-21) On trials in the Napa River, California, on 16 May 1944 just after her commissioning. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Gear (ARS-34) Underway circa the late 1940s. Her original twin kingpost aft has been replaced with the single kingpost fitted to Escape and the later ships of the class. Clamp (ARS-33) and Diver (ARS-5) were similarly modified, probably in 1946-47. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Grasp (ARS-24) Underway off Oahu, Hawaii, circa the early 1960s. The ship still has her original tubs behind the bridge with their two 40mm twin gun mounts. Photo No. KN-4910 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Deliver (ARS-23) Underway off Oahu, Hawaii, on 13 April 1963. Her original two 40mm twin gun mounts and their large gun tubs have been replaced with a single 40mm gun on the center line on the signal bridge. Photo No. KN-5507 Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Grasp (ARS-24) Underway off Oahu, Hawaii, on 21 March 1967. The new single 40mm gun on the signal bridge is clearly visible in this view. Photo No. USN 1122603 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USCGC Yocona (WAT-168) Formerly USS Seize (ARS-26). The Coast Guard rated this vessel as an oceangoing tug. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Chain (T-ARS-20) Formerly USS Chain (ARS-20), she is shown here circa the early 1960s soon after conversion to a survey ship operated by MSTS for the Woods Hole Laboratory in Massachusetts. She was reclassified T-AGOR-17 in April 1967 to match her new function. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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M/V Argo Formerly USS Snatch (ARS-27), she is shown here on 2 August 1960 after conversion to a research vessel for operation by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California. After April 1967 she was listed in Navy records as T-AGOR-18 to match her new function. Photo No. USN 710764 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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