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ARDM-5 Arco

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ARDM-5 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock:
  • Laid down, 9 May 1983, at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 14 December 1984
  • Delivered to the Navy at Bremerton, WA., 27 February 1986
  • Placed in service at Naval Station, San Diego, CA., as Arco (ARDM-5), 23 June 1986, CDR. Richard A. Riddle in charge
  • Arco is the only Sailor-operated and maintained dry dock facility in the Navy.
  • Current status, active, Submarine Squadron Eleven, San Diego, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,400 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 96'
    Draft 0'
    Lifting Capacity 7,800 tons
    Complement 5 Officers, 125 Enlisted
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    Arco 327k Arco (ARDM-5) at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA., 2005. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Arco 73k Arco (ARDM-5) with Jefferson City (SSN-759) drydocked while undergoing repair
    US Navy photo    		 Submarine Squadron 11 web site
    Arco 644k Arco (ARDM-5)'s crew uses mooring lines to pull the Los Angeles-class fast-attack nuclear submarine Helena (SSN-725) into the dry dock, 10 January 2006. Helena is entering dry-dock for routine scheduled maintenance.
    US Navy photo # 060110-N-3532C-044. SAN DIEGO (January 10, 2006) by JOSN Joseph Caballero.    		 Chet Morris
    Arco 724k Arco (ARDM-5)'s crew uses mooring lines to pull the Los Angeles-class fast-attack nuclear submarine Helena (SSN-725) into the dry dock, 10 January 2006. Helena is entering dry-dock for routine scheduled maintenance.
    US Navy photo # 060110-N-3532C-092. SAN DIEGO (January 10, 2006) by JOSN Joseph Caballero.    		 Chet Morris
    Asheville 155k Arco (ARDM-5) is flooded to allow Asheville (SSN-758) into the dry dock for a scheduled maintenance period at Naval Base Point Loma, 25 April 2007.
    US Navy photo # N-6357K-001, by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan M. Kennon from the Navy Newsstand    		 Lee Wahler
    Arco 997k The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine Asheville (SSN-758), enters Arco (ARDM-5), 25 April 2007, for a scheduled maintenance period at Naval Base Point Loma.
    US Navy photo # 070425-N-6357K-002 SAN DIEGO (April 25, 2007) by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan M. Kennon.    		 Chet Morris
    Arco 97k Arco (ARDM-5) at Naval Station Point Loma, San Diego, CA. welcomes the Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN 68), the Nimitz Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 upon their return to their homeport of San Diego after a six-month deployment.
    US Navy photo # 070930-N-9760Z-021 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 30, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza.    		 US Navy Newsstand
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