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USS Windhover (ASR-18)
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USS Windhover (ASR-18) was projected as a Chanticleer-class
USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)
The third USS Chanticleer was the lead ship of her class of submarine rescue ships in the United States Navy during World War II....
submarine rescue ship
Submarine rescue ship
A Submarine rescue ship serves as a surface support ship for submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage operations. Methods employed are the McCann Rescue Chamber, Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles and deep sea diving operations....
and was to be built at Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
, by the Savannah Machine Foundry; however, because of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
's collapse, the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.