Rescue and salvage ship

Rescue and salvage ships (hull classification symbol ARS) are a type of military salvage tug.^[1] They are tasked with coming to the aid of stricken vessels. Their general mission capabilities include combat salvage, lifting, towing, retraction of grounded vessels, off-ship firefighting, and manned diving operations.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] They were common during World War II.

^ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/s_ARS.htm Archived 2014-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Naval Vessel Register: "SALVAGE SHIP"
^ "USS Salvor Command History 1986" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
^ "USS Grapple Command History 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
^ Petty, Dan. "The US Navy -- Fact File: Rescue and Salvage Ships T-ARS". www.navy.mil.
^ Cite error: The named reference navsourcears was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=188 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory: Rescue Salvage Ships

[1] ttp://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/s_ARS.htm Archived 2014-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Naval Vessel Register: "SALVAGE SHIP"

[salvor1986-2] "USS Salvor Command History 1986" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

[grapple2002-3] "USS Grapple Command History 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

[tarsfactfile-4] Petty, Dan. "The US Navy -- Fact File: Rescue and Salvage Ships T-ARS". www.navy.mil.

[navsourcears-5] Cite error: The named reference navsourcears was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[mscars-6] ttp://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=188 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory: Rescue Salvage Ships

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