| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Salvage vessel |
| Class | Diver |
| Pennant | ARS 6 |
| Built by | Basalt Rock Co. (Napa, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Aug, 1942 |
| Launched | 22 Nov, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 Nov, 1943 |
| End service | 29 Jun, 1995 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 20 July 1946 Recommissioned on 12 July 1951 Decommissioned on 1 September 1978, transferred to the United States Coast Guard and Commissioned as USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) on the same day Decommissioned, returned to the USN and stricken on 29 June 1995 |
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