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USS Urgent

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General characteristics (If completed)
TypeBolster-class rescue and salvage ship
Displacement
  • 1,497 long tons (1,521 t) (lt)
  • 2,048 long tons (2,081 t) (fl)
Length213 ft 6 in (65.07 m)
Beam39 ft (12 m)
Propulsiondiesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780 hp (2,070 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement100
Armament2 × 40 mm guns

USS Urgent (ARS-48), a Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship, was scheduled to be built at Napa, California, by the Basalt Rock Co., Inc.; but the end of the war in the Pacific removed the need for the ship. Accordingly, the contract for building the vessel was terminated on 12 August 1945.

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Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.