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USS Protector (ARS-14)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Tango - Zulu
 NQTZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship
  • Laid down, 30 April 1942 at Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, CA.
  • Launched, 27 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Protector (ARS-14), 28 December 1943, LCDR. Myron E. McFarland in command.
  • During World War II USS Protector (ARS-14) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS Protector (ARS-14) was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 24 September 1945 to 15 February 1946
  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, 16 December 1946, to Glen R Butt, Cambridge, MA.
  • Resold in 1952 to Pakistani interests
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,615 t.(fl)
    Length 183' 3"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 14' 8"
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement
    Officers 6
    Enlisted 59
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal gun mount
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel 985 Bbls
    Gasoline 3,000 Gals
    Propulsion
    four Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. 685A Diesel-electric engines
    three Diesel-drive 40Kw 240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Protector 82k Starboard bow view of USS Protector (ARS-14) underway during builders trials, 22 December 1943, shortly before commissioning.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-57120 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Protector 85k Starboard quarter view of USS Protector (ARS-14) underway during builders trials, 22 December 1943.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-57121 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Protector 88k USS Protector (ARS-14) under way during builder's trials, 22 December 1943.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM. Photo No. 19-N-57119, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Protector (ARS-14)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. McFarland, Myron E.28 December 1943 - ?
    02LT. Pickett, Alvin T.WWII
    03LT. O'Donnell Jr., John JosephWWII
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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