HMAS AIR SAVE
63 FOOT AIR SEA RESCUE BOAT
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Air-Sea Rescue Boats (63 Foot)
HMAS Air Save (920) was built by Fellows & Stewart Inc, USA. It was launched in 1944 and was commissioned as HMAS Air Save (920) on 20 September 1944.
In February 1946 HMAS Air Save was in Brisbane for refit.
HMAS Air Save was transferred to the RAAF in 1949 and subsequently returned to the RAN and re-commissioned as HMAS Air Nymph (Y257) on 29 November 1962. It was sold on 20 June 1968.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Royal Australian Navy A - Z, Ships, Aircraft and
Shore Establishments
by J.H. Straczek
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