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Return to Naval Historical Center homepageUrgent
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Urgent (ARS-38)—a Bolster-class salvage ship— was scheduled to be built at Napa, Calif., by the Basalt Rock Co., Inc.; but the end of the war in the Pacific obviated her construction. Accordingly, the contract for building the vessel was terminated on 12 August 1945.