USS Safeguard (ARS-25)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Basalt Rock Company |
| Laid down | 5 June 1943 |
| Launched | 20 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 12 December 1947 |
| In service | 13 February 1952 |
| Out of service | date unknown |
| Stricken | 6 August 1987 |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey. |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Işın (A-589) |
| Acquired | 28 September 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 30 March 2017 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Decommissioned (2017), Sunk as target (2021) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,650 tons |
| Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Complement | 120 |
| Armament | four 40 mm guns |
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USS Safeguard (ARS-25) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1979. She was then transferred to Turkey where she served as TCG Işın (A-589) until 2017.