A submarine rescue ship is a surface support ship for submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage operations. Methods employed include the McCann Rescue Chamber, deep-submergence rescue vehicles (DSRV's) and diving operations.

USS Pigeon, submarine rescue ship

Italian ship Anteo, submarine rescue ship

HSwMS Belos (A214) of the Swedish Navy
List of active submarine rescue shipsEdit
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- NSS GUILHOBEL (K12)
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- Dajiang class
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceEdit
- JS Chihaya (ASR-403)
- JS Chiyoda (ASR-404)
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- Neptuno (A-20) (to be replaced in 2024 by the BAM-IS 45)
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List of decommissioned submarine rescue shipsEdit
Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceEdit
- JDS Chihaya (ASR-401) (Retired)
- JDS Fushimi (ASR-402) (Retired)
- JS Chiyoda (AS-405) (Retired)
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- Kanguro (Retired in 1943)
- Poseidón (A-12) (Ceded to Mauritania in 2000. Sunk in 2011)
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- 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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- ^ Burton, Guy (16 July 2015). "Submarine search and rescue capability boosted". Navy Daily. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Anteo - Marina Militare".
- ^ "File:US Navy 050628-N-1464F-001 The Italian submarine rescue vehicle SRV-300 is launched from the Italian salvage ship Anteo.jpg". 28 June 2005.
- ^ "Vietnam launches new submarine rescue vessel". www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ Dominguez, Gabrel (June 7, 2018). "Vietnam begins work on first submarine rescue vessel". Jane's Information Group.
Vietnam’s state-owned Z189 shipyard has begun assembly work on the first submarine rescue vessel for the People's Army of Vietnam Navy (PAVN). A keel-laying ceremony for the ship, known as MSSARS 9316 (multipurpose submarine search-and-rescue ship 9316), was held on 24 May at Z189’s facilities in the northern coastal city of Haiphong, said the shipyard in a statement.
- ^ "Việt Nam starts building its first submarine rescue ship". Việt Nam News. May 2018.
A model image of the MSSARS 9316, Việt Nam’s first submarine search and rescue ship, which begins construction on Thursday in Hải Phòng.