USS Seize
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USS Seize (ARS-26) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.
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Name | USS Seize |
Operator | United States Navy |
Builder | Basalt Rock Company |
Laid down | 28 September 1943 |
Launched | 8 April 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Louis Perkins |
Christened | 3 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1946 |
Stricken | 13 November 1946 |
Identification | ARS-26 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard, 28 June 1946 |
Notes | USN call sign NJAU[1] |
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Type | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship |
Tonnage | 1,441 tons |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780 hp |
Speed | 15 knots |
Complement | 120 |
Armament | Four 40 mm guns, four M2 Browning machine guns, and small arms |
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Name | USCGC Yocona |
Namesake | Mississippi river of the same name |
Operator | United States Coast Guard |
Acquired | 28 June 1946 |
Commissioned | 28 June 1946 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1996 |
Reclassified | Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC), 1965 |
Refit | 1946 & 1965 |
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Fate | Sunk as a target of SINKEX, 20 June 2006 |
Notes | USCG callsign NNHB.[2] |
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Type | Medium Endurance Cutter |
Displacement | 1,756 tons |
Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Installed power | 3,030 BHP |
Propulsion | 4 diesels; 3,030 BHP; twin screws |
Speed | 14.6 knots maximum; 10.3 knots economic |
Range | 13,700 miles |
Complement | 80 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar: OS-8E |
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