Submarine rescue ship

A Submarine rescue ship serves as a surface support ship for rescue vehicles (DSRV's) during submarine rescue operations. It conducts these operations using the McCann Rescue Chamber, and for deep submergence rescue vehicles (DSRV's) during submarine rescue operations. It uses the McCann Rescue Chamber and also supports deep sea diving operations. These ships can transport, service, lower and raise two Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles and support diving operations to depths of 850 feet. They can support divers indefinitely, lowering them to the ocean floor in pressurized transfer chambers for open-sea work periods. These vessels also serve as operational control ships to conduct deep-sea salvage operations.

Chinese Navy

* Dajiang class

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

* Chihaya class

outh Korean Navy

* Cheong Hae Jin class

Turkish Navy

* Chanticleer class

United States Navy

The following are the submarine rescue ships of the US Navy:
* USS Widgeon (ASR-1)
* USS Falcon (ASR-2)
* USS Chewink (ASR-3)
* USS Mallard (ASR-4)
* USS Ortolan (ASR-5)
* USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
* USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)
* USS Coucal (ASR-8)
* USS Florikan (ASR-9)
* USS Greenlet (ASR-10)
* USS Macaw (ASR-11)
* USS Penguin (ASR–12)
* USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)
* USS Petrel (ASR-14)
* USS Sunbird (ASR-15)
* USS Tringa (ASR-16)
* USS Verdin (ASR-17) - cancelled in 1945
* USS Windhover (ASR-18) - cancelled in 1945
* USS Bluebird (ASR-19)
* USS Skylark (ASR-20)
* USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
* USS Ortolan (ASR-22)

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