Safeguard (ARS 50) 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 Safeguard (ARS 50) Photo probably taken during acceptance trials and distributed by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., with a caption noting that she was commissioned on 17 August 1985. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Safeguard (ARS 50) A stern view taken on 16 July 1985 by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-85-10322 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Safeguard (ARS 50) A bow view taken on 16 July 1985 by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-85-10323 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Grasp (ARS 51) Photographed by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., on 16 October 1985 during sea trials. Photo No. DN-SC-86-01049 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Salvor (ARS 52) Photographed by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., on 29 May 1986 during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-86-10418 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Grapple (ARS 53) Starboard beam view taken by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., on 26 August 1986 during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-87-01410 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Grapple (ARS 53) Starboard bow view taken by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., on 26 August 1986 during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-87-01407 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Grapple (ARS 53) Port quarter view taken by her builder, Peterson Builders Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., on 26 August 1986 during acceptance trials. Photo No. DN-SC-87-01409 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Safeguard (ARS 50) Off the coast of Kyushu Island, Japan, on 28 April 2002 participating in Exercise PACIFIC REACH 2002 with USS La Jolla (SSN 701), the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) Mystic, and units of several allied navies. The exercise, hosted by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), was designed to improve submarine rescue capabilities. Photo No. DN-SD-06-10326 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) Photographed in MSC service on 18 January 2016 by an aircraft from the Coast Guard Air Station at Barbers Point, Hawaii. Photo No. 160118-G-ZZ999-0251 Source: www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Photo-Gallery |
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USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) Departing Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va., on 29 February 2016 in MSC service to begin a five-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. Photo No. 160229-N-SF508-174 Source: www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery |
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USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) Departing Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., in MSC service on 5 May 2016. Photo No. 160505-N-OH262-927 Source: www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery |
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