ESCAPE (ARS-6/WMEC-6))

Year Built

1943

Official Number

Shipyard

Basalt Rock Company

General Type

Naval Auxiliary

Specific Type

ARS Salvage Ship

MARAD Type

Ship Length

214.00 feet

Beam

41.00 feet

Mast Height

15.00 feet

Net Tons

1530.00 tons

Gross Tons

Cargo Capacity

Draft, Summer

16.00 tons

Draft, Lightweight

12.00 tons

Displacement, Summer

1975.00 tons

Displacement, Lightweight

1200.00 tons

Immersion, Summer

Immersion, Lightweight

Fate

Sold - Scrap

Historical Narrative

The Maritime Administration's National Register Eligibility Assessment for Escape, available in the Documents section, contains a detailed history of the vessel.

Escape was dismantled under a scrap services contract, which was completed on February 26, 2010. At that time, the vessel was withdrawn from the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

Vessel Name History

ESCAPE (ARS-6/WMEC-6))

Mission

Mission Name
World War II
Korean War

Historical Documents

Name	Download

Milestones

Event	Date	Content
Entry	10/17/1979
Withdrawal	12/4/1980	Transferred to USCG
Entry	9/26/2000
Interim Movement	7/28/2001
Acquisition	7/28/2001	MARAD accepted title 07-28-01
Cleared Historic Review	12/9/2008	Vessel found to not be qualified for mitigation under NHPA.
Ship name change	9/1/2009
Scrap Service Contract	9/15/2009	"Vessel departed under a scrap services contract with Bay Bridge Enterprises of Chesapeake, VA."
Interim Movement	9/15/2009
Withdrawal	2/26/2010	Vessel dismantlement complete.

Ship Imagery

No images for this vessel

Status Cards

Documents

	Date	Type	Name	Download
	12/4/2008		Escape_NHPA_History.pdf
	(No Date)		ESCAPE.pdf

Plans

No documents for this vessel

Shipwreck Information

Vessel Information

Owner

Operator

Operator Agreement

Unknown

Flag State

Incident Information

Incident Date

Use at Loss

Cause

Sold - Scrap

Cause Comments

Conflict

Location of Incident

Accuracy of Incident Location

Lat/Long

Incident Location Comments

Lives Lost