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ARD-26 / ARDM-2 Alamogordo

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Zulu - Zulu
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Alamogordo (ARDM-2) was transferred to Ecuador
ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock / ARDM-1 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Commissioned, USS ARD-26, 5 June 1944, LCDR. Irving B. Smith, USN (Ret.), in command
  • During and after World War II ARD-26 served almost continually at Guam except for a short period operating in the Ryukyus Islands in 1945
  • Decommissioned in 1962
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Converted to a Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock at Bethlehem Steel Corp, Baltimore, MD.
  • Placed in service as Alamogordo (ARDM-2), 3 August 1965
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 November 1993
  • Transferred to Ecuador under the Security Assistance Program, 18 December 2000
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length
    ARD-26 491' 8"
    ARDM-2 536'
    Draft 5' 8"(lt)
    Beam 81'
    Complement 120
    Armament
    ARD-26 two 40mm gun mounts, two 20mm gun mounts)
    ARDM-2 none
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    USS ARD-26
    ARD-26 29k ARD-26 is in front of ABSD-6 in this photo with barges alongside at Apra Harbor, Guam, circa 1944-45. Note ARD-26 has her bow painted black while the rest of her hull is painted traditional gray. Unfortunately, this image of the two dry docks tends to blend them together. Fred Basye USS ARD-26
    Mullany 200k ARD-26 at San Diego with Mullany (DD-528) in her dock, September 1962. Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. USS Bausell
    USS Alamogordo (ARDM-2)
    ARD-26 92k Alamogordo (ARDM-2) at anchor on the Cooper River, Charleston, S.C., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1981 issue.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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