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Rescue and salvage ship
Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship is a rescue and salvage ship. It was built by Peterson Builders. Reported operators include United States Navy.
United StatesSafeguard-class rescue and salvage ship
National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedSafeguard class
Peterson Builders
United States Navy
Bolster class
Navajo class
1982–1984
1985–present
5
4
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Rescue and salvage ship
3,282 long tons (3,335 t) full
255 ft (78 m) o/a
50 ft (15 m)
15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
1A
4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines 4,200 shp (3 MW) 2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers
14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
17,500
100 (6 officers, 94 enlisted)
2 × Mk 38 25 mm chain guns 2 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 78 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesService Support (PM4) exact named equipment holdings: Safeguard. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / ARS. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Safeguard -class. Service scope: Navy (MSC); does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): active: 2. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.