USS Sunbird (ASR-15) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy. Sunbird was laid down on 2 April 1945 by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, and launched on 3 April 1946, sponsored by Mrs. John H. Lassiter. Sunbird was accepted by the Navy, inactivated, and towed to the Charleston Navy Yard on 15 January 1947. She was commissioned at New London, Connecticut, on 23 June 1950, Lt. Comdr. A. R. Clark, Jr., in command.