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Contributed by Mike Smolinski

ARD-7 West Milton

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Golf - Oscar

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E: Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:

Laid down (date unknown) at Pacific Bridge Co., San Diego, CA.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS ARD-7 in June 1943

Decommissioned and placed in service (date unknown)

Named West Milton (ARD-7), 18 May 1976

Placed out of service (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 August 1990

Final Disposition, title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 4,200 t.(lt)
Length 485' 8"
Beam 71'
Draft 5' 1" (light) 32' 6" (max)
Complement 112

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	45k	Waterford (ARD-5) at right, West Milton (ARD-7) on the left, New London, CT, circa 1960s		CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN

View the West Milton (ARD-7)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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Last Updated 12 November 2004