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U.S.S. PRESERVER
(ARS-8)Click to view crew list
ARS-8 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a ARS-8 Shellback Initiation | Add a ARS-8 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 26 OCT 1942 | ||
| APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 1 APR 1943 | ||
| JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 11 JAN 1944 | ||
| APR | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 23 APR 1947 | ||
| JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1961 | Salvaging of USS Munson |
| JUN | 1961 | - | AUG | 1961 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JUN | 1966 | Panama Canal |
| APR | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Rescue operations supporting TRIESTE in locating USS Thresher |
| MAR | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Dominican Republic Crises - Combat salvage support |
| MAR | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | Ocean Eagle salvage San Juan PR |
| APR | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1974 | - | DEC | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Caribbean |
| DEC | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Guantanamo Bay |
| FEB | 1978 | - | AUG | 1978 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1980 | - | FEB | 1980 | Raising the USCGS Blackthorn in Tampa Bay, FL |
| JAN | 1984 | - | MAR | 1985 | Caribbean |
| NOV | 1985 | - | NOV | 1985 | Unbeaching - USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) |
| JAN | 1986 | - | APR | 1986 | Space Shuttle Challenger salvage/recovery |
| SEP | 1989 | - | DEC | 1989 | Puerto Rico |
| AUG | 1992 | - | AUG | 1992 | Decommisioning |
ARS-8 General Specifications
Complement: 120 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1630 tons
Length: 213 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet
Draft: 14 feet 4 in
Flank Speed: 15 kts