Continuing operations with Windlass, she sailed south on 6 August; spent two weeks salvaging two Mexican barges off Veracruz; and returned to Norfolk.

At the end of September, the two ARS(D)'s moved up to Hereford Inlet, NJ, to raise YP-387; and, in mid-October, proceeded south to the Georgia coast to locate and demolish another sunken tug.

In June, she returned to the Chesapeake Bay to raise U-1105 and tow her to Piney Point, MD, where, in September, the U-boat was sunk in demolition tests.

In July, she destroyed and cleared the wreckage of YFN-6 from Delaware Bay; and, in August, she moved north to Nantucket, MA to conduct a survey of current and tide conditions and their effects upon the bottom.

Major operations included the raising of downed aircraft and sunken district and landing craft; unbeaching of LST's; refloating a destroyer, Basilone (DD-824); destruction of the long-sunken hulk of the battleship Texas; mooring and logistic support for experimental and scientific work; excavation of trenches and laying of cables; location and recovery of a misfired space capsule; and special operations requested by the Bureau of Ships.

In July, she added the recovery of the wreckage of a blimp to her record, then assumed salvage standby duty which rounded out the year.

Major salvage operations saw her off the New Jersey coast to assist in refloating the grounded destroyers, Baldwin (DD-624) in 1961 and Monssen (DD-798) in 1962; off Morehead City, NC, to clear the wreckage of the oiler, USNS Potomac (T-AO-150), and off Newfoundland to recover heavy, fleet-type moorings and mines in 1963; and in Louisiana waters, to assist in clearance operations following Hurricane Betsy in 1965.

USS Salvager has received: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.