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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

ARDM-4 Shippingport

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Romeo - Foxtrot - Golf

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal

ARDM-4 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock:

Laid down, 5 April 1977, at Bethlehem Steel, Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 2 September 1977

Delivered and placed in service as Shippingport (ARDM-4), 4 January 1979

Current status, active, Naval Submarine Support Facility, New London, CT.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,400 t.(lt)
Length 492'
Beam 96'
Complement 6 Officers, 125 Enlisted

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
30k	Sub Base Groton CT Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) in foreground, Shippingport (ARDM-4) at next pier in background, date unknown.	CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN
106k	The piers at the lower base, New London, in Groton, CT., probably mid 1960s -- at bottom of photo is floating drydock Waterford (ARD-5), and above that is floating drydock Shippingport (ARDM-4). Above that are a couple of SKIPJACK class SSNs, with submarine rescue ship Sunbird (ASR-15) between them. These two dry docks have occupied the same piers since the 1960s. Photo courtesy Submarine Force Library.	Ken Hart
120k	An overhead view of the empty floating drydock Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Groton, probably mid-1960s. On the south side of the same pier is a Sturgeon class SSN. Photo courtesy Submarine Force Library.	Ken Hart
72k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. view of port gantry crane and Gato (SSN-615) in the dock, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
115k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. with Gato (SSN-615) (stern view) in her dock, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
87k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. port side forward view, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
85k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. detail view, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
100k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. detail view, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
150k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. detail view, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
148k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT. view of port side gantry crane, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
147k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT., port side detail view, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
152k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT., starboard stern draft level indicator, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
91k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT., starboard midship draft indicator, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
169k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT., forward moveable keel blocks on basin deck, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
103k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) at Sub Base New London, Groton, CT., stern stackable keel blocks, October 1994. Photo by Lester Palifka.	Ken Hart
598k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) with Miami (SSN-755) high and dry in her dock. *Miami* was undergoing a routine hull inspection at Naval Sub Base, Groton, CT. 16 March 1994. DVIC photo # DN-ST-95-01380 by PH1 Peter J. Roers, a US Navy photo now in the Department of Defense Still Media Collection.	Bill Gonyo
90k	Shippingport (ARDM-4) with Philadelphia (SSN-690) high and dry in her dock. *Philadelphia* was undergoing a routine hull inspection at Naval Sub Base, Groton, CT., date unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst