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USS RECOVERY was the sixth and final BOLSTER - class rescue and salvage ship and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. After more than 48 years of service, the RECOVERY was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 30, 1994. On September 30, 1998, the RECOVERY was transfered to Taiwan where she was recommissioned as TA DE.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: December 7, 1943 |
| Keel laid: January 6, 1945 | |
| Launched: August 4, 1945 | |
| Commissioned: May 15, 1946 | |
| Decommissioned: September 30, 1994 | |
| Builder: Basalt Rock Co., Napa, Calif. | |
| Propulsion system: Diesel electric | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 213.6 feet (65.1 meters) | |
| Beam: 43 feet (13.1 meters) | |
| Draft: 13.1 feet (4 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 1,900 tons | |
| Speed: 16 knots | |
| Armament: two Mk-68 20mm guns | |
| Crew: 6 officers and 77 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS RECOVERY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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