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ARD-19 / ARDM-1 Oak Ridge

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Chief of Naval Operations Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
ARD-18 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock / ARDM-1 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down in 1943 at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Delivered to the Navy, 1 March 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ARD-19, 22 March 1944
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1949
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Recommissioned, USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), 1 October 1963
  • Decommissioned, 10 August 2001
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 November 2001
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the US Coast Guard, 8 February 2002
  • Oak Ridge as ARD-19 earned one battle star during World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length
    (ARD-19, 488')
    (ARDM-1, 536')
    Beam 81'
    Armament
    (ARD-19, two 40mm gun mounts, two 20mm gun mounts)
    (ARDM-1, none)
    Complement unknown
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    Oak Ridge 106k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), NavSta Rota, Spain, July 1976 © Richard Leonhardt
    Oak Ridge 25k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Sub Base Groton CT CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN
    Oak Ridge/Shippingport 30k At Sub Base Groton CT Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) in foreground, Shippingport (ARDM-4) at next pier in background CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN
    Oak Ridge 47k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Sub Base Kings Bay GA. CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN
    Atakapa 86k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) arriving at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 26 June 1964, after a 22 day tow across the Atlantic from Norfolk, VA. by Atakapa (ATF-149). The tug and her tow left Norfolk, 4 June 1964.
    US Navy photo # USN 1104547 by PH1 J.A. Herry USN    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Oak Ridge 73k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) at Naval Station Kings Bay, Georgia.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1981.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Canopus 71k Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) and Canopus (AS-34) moored at Sub Base St. Mary's GA., date unknown. Canopus has two submarines alongside. Jack Treutle
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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