page_title: Rescue and salvage ship
section_title: Weight class
hierarchical_section_title: Rescue and salvage ship / List of rescue and salvage ships of the United States Navy by class / Weight class
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Swivel (ARS-36) underway, 28 September 1943, location unknown. US Navy photo
context_page_description: Rescue and salvage ships are a type of military salvage tug. They are tasked with coming to the aid of stricken vessels. Their general mission capabilities include combat salvage, lifting, towing, retraction of grounded vessels, off-ship firefighting, and manned diving operations. They were common during World War II.
context_section_description: The United States Navy operated Weight-class rescue and salvage ships (ARS) from August 1943 until the last example was decommissioned in June 1946. The Weight-class ships were originally intended for delivery to the Royal Navy under different names, as part of the Lend-Lease program. However, they were instead delivered to and operated by the United States Navy.
  USS Weight (ARS-35)
  USS Swivel (ARS-36)
caption: The Weight-class salvage ship USS Swivel (ARS-36).
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