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USNS SALVOR TARS52 - IMO 8434374

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Photographer:
Clyde Dickens [ View profile ]
Captured:
Dec 22, 2012
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Photo Category:
Auxiliaries
Added:
Dec 22, 2012
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2,401
Image Resolution:
3,401 x 2,125

Description:


Sydney Harbour, off Bradleys Head. 22 December 2012.
See Google Earth 33°51'19.09" S 151°14'28.75" E

Marine Traffic AIS Data :
Ship Type: Naval/naval auxiliary vessel
Year Built: 1986
Length x Breadth: 0 m X 0 m
Gross Tonnage: 3200, DeadWeight: 2880 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 12 / 7.4 knots
Flag: USA [US]
Call Sign: NLNB
IMO: 8434374 (as on starboard stern)
MMSI: 369901000

Data ex Wikepedia :
Name: Salvor
Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down: 16 September 1983
Launched: 28 July 1984
Commissioned: 14 June 1986
Decommissioned: 12 January 2007

Fate: Transferred to Military Sealift Command
In service: 12 January 2007
Homeport: Pearl Harbor
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class & type: Safeguard-class salvage ship
Displacement: 3,282 long tons (3,335 t) full
Length: 255 ft (78 m) o/a
Beam: 51 ft (16 m)
Draft: 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines
4,200 shp (3.1 MW)
2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: Civilian crew
Armament: • 2 × Mk 38 25 mm chain guns
• 2 × .50 cal machine guns

See also http://navysite.de/ars/ars52.htm

Vessel
particulars

Current name:
SALVOR
Current flag:
U.S.A.
Vessel Type:
Salvage/rescue Vessel
Gross tonnage:
3,200 tons
Summer DWT:
681 tons
Length:
78 m
Beam:
16 m
Draught:
5.2 m

AIS Position
of this ship

Last known position:
1°28’8.11” N, 103°49’46.58” E
Status:
Underway
Speed, course (heading):
0kts, 0.0° (119°)
Destination:
 - Location:
 - Arrival:
Last update:
1 day ago
Source:
AIS (ShipXplorer)

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If that is the case there is no shortage of downed WWII aircraft off Rabul! I would think the salt water, etc would render most of them unrecognizable except for the aluminum ones and even that will corrode over time.

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Thanks Richard. At least one other member has a theory contrary to your word coincidence! He told me Salvor has been searching off Rabaul for lost WWII planes.

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