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USS Curb (ARS-21)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Alpha - Bravo
NJAB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 24 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Curb (ARS-21), 12 May 1944, LT. Charles Peterson, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 December 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Loaned to the commercial salvage firm, Merritt Chapman & Scott, 10 May 1947
  • Returned for lay up in the Reserve Fleet, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 April 1981
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, 23 February 1982, hulk sunk as an artificial reef off Key West FL., 23 November 1983
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,897 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 8"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 7
    Enlisted 113
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel 2,300 Bbls
    Gasoline 2,450 Gals
    Propulsion
    four Cooper Bessemer GSR-8 Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
     two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
     one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    twin propellers, 3,000shp
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    Curb 52k USS Curb (ARS-21) on trials in the Napa River, CA., 16 May 1944 just after her commissioning.
    US Navy photo # Unknown, courtesy Shipscribe.com    		 Mike Green
    Curb 30k USS Curb (ARS-21) underway, date and location unknown. Orvid Jeppson for his father-in-law William Hiram Francis MoMM/3c USS Curb, 1944-46.
    Curb 28k USS Curb (ARS-21) underway, date and location unknown. Orvid Jeppson for his father-in-law William Hiram Francis MoMM/3c USS Curb, 1944-46.
    Curb
    09372104    		 197k Ex-USS Curb (ARS-21) and Ex-USS Gear (ARS-34) tied up at Naval Station Key West, circa 1982-1983.
    Photo from flickr.com by Michael Dolan    		 John Spivey
    USS Curb (ARS-21)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Peterson, Charles, USNR12 May 1944 - 27 July 1945
    02LT. Pickett, Alvin Timothy, USNR27 July 1945 - 22 October 1945
    03LT. Larson, Arnold Leonard, USNR22 October 1945 - 20 December 1946
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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