USS Shackle
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USS Shackle (ARS-9) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels.
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USS Shackle during World War II | |
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Name | USS Shackle |
Builder | Basalt Rock Company |
Laid down | 26 October 1942 |
Launched | 1 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Walker Cochran |
Commissioned | 5 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to the US Coast Guard on 23 August 1946 and renamed USCGC Acushnet (WAT-167) |
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Type | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship |
Tonnage | 1,441 long tons (1,464 t) |
Displacement | 1,630 long tons (1,656 t) |
Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
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Complement | 120 |
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Shackle (ARS-9) was laid down on 26 October 1942 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California; launched on 1 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Walker Cochran; and commissioned on 5 February 1944.