If the name does not sound familiar to you World War Two 
        Veterans its because this is the name it was given when I was 
        introduced to this 63ft boat. You may know it as a Crash Boat, 
        Emergency Rescue Boat, Air Sea Rescue boat, and as the plaque 
        on the boat reads ARB. I know for you military people that ARB 
        in WWII meant Battle Damage Repair Ship, but that's the name 
        given by the builders of these boats. 

        Let me tell you how I was introduced to these boats. I joined 
        the Sea Scout Ship Tiger Shark 1978, and they had a 63ft AVR, 
        and I took to it like ducks take to water. Also in the Sea 
        Scouts was the Farrallon, Compass Rose, Sea Witch, Chaser, and
        the Revenge where all 63ft AVR's. You really need to see these 
        boats to appreciate them. That's one of the reasons I started 
        this page was to let you know about them, and second was to 
        gather any information I could about these boats before all 
        the records are gone.

        The Navy, Army Air Corps, and Army Corps of Engineers used 
        them. So if you have any information on these boats during 
        WWII please let me know (boat #, area of operation, squadron 
        #, combat stories, logbooks, pictures, manuals), you can use 
        my E-mail at the bottom of this page. 
 

SSS Tiger Shark
63'ARB
No. C-36301
Built for the Navy by
Fellows and Stewart
Wilmington, Calif.
Sept. 1944
Bureau Plan No. 603100
Hull No. C36301

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