ARS36

USS Swivel

Swivel.jpg (24707 bytes) USS Swivel  ARS 36   Scheduled to be built for Great Britain under Lend Lease Act as York Salvor (BARS-8) at American Car and Foundry, Wilmington, Del; Reassigned for US Navy use; Commissioned USS Swivel 1943. (Contributed By Craig Rothhammer)
new_swivel.JPG (27929 bytes) USS Swivel  ARS 36  Normandy Invasion (May 5, 1944) (Contributed By R.M Hobbs)
Swivel_CherBourg.jpg (27994 bytes) USS Swivel  ARS 36  USS Swivel in Cherbourg France. (Circa 1944) (Contributed By R.M Hobbs)
USS Swivel  ARS 36 after WW11 converted to a reefer ship carrying    frozen fish and produce from Prince Edward Island to Gloucester Mass, seen in this photo steaming out of Providence, RI. 1950s (Contributed by Russell Hobbs)
USS Swivel  ARS 36  Swivel on her Shakedown Cruise Chesapeake Bay 1943 (Contributed by Russell Hobbs)
USS Swivel  ARS 36  Swivel off the beaches of Normandy notice the balloons in the background.  (Contributed by Russell Hobbs)

NAFTS, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors