USS Conserver (ARS-39)

USS Conserver (ARS-39) Off Oahu, Hawaii, 26 April 1967
History
United States
Name:	USS Conserver
Namesake:	One who preserves or keeps in a safe and sound state.
Builder:	Basalt Rock Company
Laid down:	10 August 1944
Launched:	27 January 1945
Commissioned:	9 June 1945
Decommissioned:	1 April 1994
Struck:	1 April 1994
Homeport:	Bishop Point, Pearl Harbor HI
Motto:	Doing time on 39
Nickname(s):	The fighting "C". (Crew was known to start fights for any reason) Always Ready Ship.
Fate:	Sunk as a SINKEX target on or about 13 November 2004 in the Hawaii area.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship
Tonnage:	1,441 Tons
Displacement:	1,497 long tons (1,521 t) (lt), 2,048 long tons (2,081 t) (fl)
Length:	213 ft 6 in (65.07 m)
Beam:	39 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:	diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780 hp.
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	100
Armament:	two 40 mm guns

The fighting "C". (Crew was known to start fights for any reason)

USS Conserver (ARS-39) was a Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.

Conserver was launched 27 January 1945 by Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California; sponsored by Mrs. H. Price; and commissioned 9 June 1945 at South Vallejo, California, Lieutenant Commander C. H. Rooklidge, USNR, in command.

Conserver arrived at Sasebo, Japan, 21 September 1945, and until 3 March 1946, she carried out salvage operations at Sasebo, Okinawa, Yokosuka, Aomori, and Hakodate in support of the occupation.

After preparations at Pearl Harbor, Conserver arrived at Bikini Atoll 29 March. She served in the Marshall Islands, aiding in Operation Crossroads, the atomic weapons tests of 1946, until 2 September 1947, when she arrived at Manila for duty in the Philippines. From 9 April 1948 to 26 September, she served in Hawaiian waters, and then in Alaskan waters, returning to Pearl Harbor 13 January 1949.