USS Windlass (ARS(D)-4) [SEP] vessel class
USS Windlass
USS "Windlass" (ARS(D)-4), a Gypsy-class salvage lifting vessel of the United States Navy, was originally conceived as LSM-552 and laid down on 27 August 1945 at Houston, Texas, by Brown Shipbuilding Corporation. Launched on 7 December 1945; and commissioned on 9 April 1946 in Houston at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Docks, Lieutenant Commander Rodney F. Snipes, USNR, in command.
1945-1948.
Following further alterations and trials, "Windlass" shifted to Galveston, Texas,
(ARS-53)
Salvage Lifting Vessels (ARSD).
- USS "Gypsy" (ARSD-1)
- USS "Mender" (ARS(D)-2)
- USS "Salvager" (ARS(D)-3)
- USS "Windlass" (ARS(D)-4)
Salvage Craft Tenders (ARST).
- USS "Laysan Island" (ARST-1)
- USS "Okala" (ARST-2)
- USS "Palmyra" (ARST-3)
- USS "Tackle" (ARST-4)
Aircraft Repair Ships (ARV, ARV(E