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Allied Warships

USS Extractor (ARS 15)

Salvage vessel of the Anchor class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSalvage vessel
ClassAnchor 
PennantARS 15 
Built byColberg Boat Works (Stockton, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched15 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned3 Mar, 1944 
Lost24 Jan, 1945 
Loss position15.44N, 133.29E (See a map)
 
HistoryTorpedoed and sunk by mistake by the US submarine USS Guardfish in the Philippine Sea in position 15º44'N, 133º29'E 

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