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''USS Seize (ARS-26)'' was a ''Diver''-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. ==Ship's history in U.S. Navy== ''Seize'' was laid down on 28 September 1943 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California; launched on 8 April 1944. ''Seize'' was sponsored by Mrs. Louis Perkins; and commissioned at Vallejo, California on 3 November 1944, LT Herman B. Conrad, USN, Commanding. Following repairs and shakedown, the ship reported for duty on 11 May 1945 at San Francisco, California. On 2 June 1945, ''Seize'' arrived off the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii with three pontoon bridges in tow. Reporting to Service Force Squadron 2 for duty, ''Seize'' spent a busy first month in repairs, carrying out radar jamming experiments, patrolling, and towing. On 10 July 1945, she got underway for the Marshall Islands with ''APL-43'' in tow, arriving at Eniwetok on 22 Jul 1945. ''Seize'' departed Eniwetok on 4 August 1945, with ''PB-46'' in tow, accompanied by ''USS Avoyel (ATF-150)'' (later ''USCGC Avoyel (WMEC-150)''). They reached Guam on 13 August 1945. On 14 August 1945, still towing ''PB-46'', ''Seize'' got underway in convoy for Okinawa Shima. Anchoring there on 22 August 1945, she was relieved of ''PB-46'' the next day, and assisted in salvaging ''USS Oberrender (DE-344)'' from 27 August to 11 September 1945. ''Seize'' departed Okinawa on 17 September 1945. Arriving by convoy at Shanghai, China two days later on 19 September 1945, the ship assisted port activity there by searching for a lost anchor, and aiding ''USS Waller (DD-466)'' in switching berths. On 10 October 1945, ''Seize'' departed Shanghai, China in company with ''PC-491'' for Pusan, Korea. After destroying two horned mines by gunfire en route, the ship reached Pusan, Korea on 13 October 1945 . Two similar mines were destroyed by ''Seize'' as she returned to Shanghai China on 16 October 1945. ''Seize'' worked along the Yangtze River in China, removing obstacles, salvaging, towing, and searching, for the remainder of the year. On 22 October 1945 en route to Kichow, China, the ship was fired upon by a machinegun near a small Yangtze River village. She returned fire with 40 millimeter and .50 caliber rounds, and proceeded on her way one-half hour later when all was quiet. One direct hit was received on her foremast and several ricocheted hits were found on the port side, but there was no other damage to the ship or injuries to the crew. On 26 and 28 January 1946, ''Seize'' replanted the mooring buoy at the Naval Seaplane Area at Lunghwa, China. On 11, 18, and 20 February 1946 and on 04, 07, 21, and 29 March 1946, ''Seize'' laid an undersea telephone cable from ''USS San Clemente (AG-79)'' to the U.S. Naval Operating Base, Shanghai China. ''Seize'' departed Chinese waters on 31 March 1946, anchoring at Yokosuka, Japan, on 4 April 1946. The ship picked up ''APL-31'' in tow on 8 April 1946, and set course for the Hawaiian Islands, arriving at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii on 26 April 1946. ''Seize'' arrived at San Francisco, California, on 4 June 1946. Decommissioned and transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 28 June 1946, she was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1946. 〔NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive.USCGC Yocona (WMEC-168) ex USCGC Yocona (WAT-168) (1946 - 1965) USS Seize (ARS-26) (1944 - 1946). http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/37/3726.htm Retrieved: 30 June 2015.〕 〔USCG Historian's Office. Yocona, 1946. ARS-26; WMEC / WAT-168 ex-Seize http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Yocona_1946.pdf Retrieved: 30 June 2015.〕 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「USS Seize (ARS-26)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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