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USNS ''Grasp'' (T-ARS-51) is a , the second United States Navy ship of that name. ''Grasp'' was laid down on 30 March 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 2 May 1985; and commissioned on 14 December 1985 as USS ''Grasp'' (ARS-51).〔http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g7/grasp-ii.htm DANFS: USS GRASP ARS-51〕〔http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/ARS51.htm Naval Vessel Register: USNS ''GRASP''〕 ''Grasp'' is the second ship of the newest auxiliary rescue and salvage class of vessels constructed for the US Navy. The rugged construction of this steel-hulled vessel, combined with her speed and endurance, make ''Grasp'' well-suited for rescue and salvage operations throughout the world. The hull below the waterline is ice-strengthened. ''Grasp'' sister ships are , , and . On 19 January 2006 USS ''Grasp'' was decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for non-commissioned service as USNS ''Grasp'' (T-ARS-51).〔〔http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=22006 USS Grasp Decommissioned, Transferred to Military Sealift Command〕 On 20 July 1999, it was the ''Grasp'' that located the fuselage of the plane involved in the John F. Kennedy, Jr. plane crash. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the ''Grasp'' was staffed with a team of structural engineers from the US Army Corps of Engineers and dispatched on 16 January 2010 to Haiti's devastated seaport in Port-au-Prince as part of Operation Unified Response to assess for and complete emergency structural repairs so that large military and civilian cargo vessels may unload their rescue aid shipments more efficiently.〔http://www.joc.com/node/416070〕 ==Mission and capabilities== Like all Safeguard class rescue and salvage ships, ''Grasp'' serves as an element of the United States Navy's Combat Logistics Support Force and provides rescue and salvage services to the fleet at sea. She also supported the protection of forces ashore through post-assault salvage operations in close proximity to the shore. She is designed to perform combat salvage, lifting, towing, off-ship firefighting, manned diving operations, and emergency repairs to stranded or disabled vessels.〔http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/s/ars-52/1986.pdf USS Salvor Command History 1986〕〔http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/g/ars-53/2002.pdf USS Grapple Command History 2002〕〔http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4400&tid=800&ct=4 US Navy Fact File: Rescue and Salvage Ships T-ARS〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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