USS Recovery
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Recovery |
| Builder | Basalt Rock Company |
| Laid down | 6 January 1945 |
| Launched | 4 August 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Harry Burris |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 20 September 1994 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1994 |
| Identification | Hull number: ARS-43 |
| Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 30 September 1998 |
| Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Da Juen |
| Acquired | 30 September 1998 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1999 |
| Identification | Hull number: ARS-556 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship |
| Displacement | 1,995 long tons (2,027 t) full |
| Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 84 officers and enlisted |
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USS Recovery (ARS-43) was a Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy, which remained in commission for over 48 years. Laid down on 6 January 1945 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California, the ship was launched on 4 August 1945, and commissioned on 15 May 1946. In American service, the vessel supported NASA's Project Mercury spaceflights and recovery and the search for the lost submarine . The ship was removed from American service and transferred to Taiwan and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556). The vessel was later renamed Ta De.