USS Shackle
USS ''Shackle'' (ARS-9) was a Diver class rescue and salvage ship, ''Diver''-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels. ''Shackle'' (ARS-9) was laid down on 26 October 1942 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California; launched on 1 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Walker Cochran; and commissioned on 5 February 1944. World War II service Following shakedown cruise, shakedown out of San Diego, California, ''Shackle'' proceeded to Pearl Harbor. In May, she continued west to Midway Island where she cleared the entrance channel of the wreckage of USS Macaw (ASR-11), ''Macaw'' (ARS-11). She then returned to Hawaii; and, in late November, took ''ARD-2H'' in tow and again headed west. Brief duties at Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan followed; and, in late January 1945, she commenced preparations for the assault on Iwo Jima. Okinawa operations A unit of Task Force 51, she arrived i ...
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