TARS-53 Grapple

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Safeguard, [ARS].

Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Launch date: 08 December 1984.

Commission date: 15 November 1986.

Decommission date: 13 July 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.633 light, 3.317 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 77,72 x 15,54 x 5,49

Main machinery: 4 x Caterpillar D399 diesel ( 4.400 hp ), 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 13,5.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 30 ( 4 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Mk38 25mm, 2 x 12,7mm Browning M2.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS-69, 1 x Raytheon SPS-64(V)9.

Callsign: NQSJ ()

Awards (as of 13/07/2016): 

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