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USS ARD-10

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Tango - Zulu
 NFTZ
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
ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS ARD-10 in October 1943, at Alameda, CA., LCDR. H.P. MacAuliff in command
  • During World War II USS ARD-10 was towed to Fremantle, Australia by USS Yuma (ATF-94), departing San Francisco, 12 December 1943, arriving in Fremantle, 3 March 1944
  • USS ARD-10 departed Fremantle under tow by USS Chanticleer (ASR-7), 20 September 1945, for the United States
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,200 t.(lt)
    Length 482' 7"
    Beam 71'
    Draft 5'
    Armament 2 single 20mm gun mounts
    Complement 6 Officers, 125 Enlisted
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    ARD-10 116k USS ARD-10 receiving a new paint job at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. in a clipping from the 13 March 1962 edition of the shipyard newspaper "Grapevine." ARD-10 at this time was part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
    US Navy photo from the San Francisco NARA, Mare Island Navy Yard Ship Files.    		 Photo Tracy White, Caption Darryl Baker
    ARD-10 71k USS ARD-10 at Mare Island Navy Yard, with an unidentified submarine in her dock, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from the San Francisco NARA, Mare Island Navy Yard Ship Files.    		 Tracy White
    Castle Rock 1598k Arivaca (YTM-259), ARD-10 in the foreground and YRB-15 in the background, berthed in the reserve fleet area on the north end of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 9 September 1963.
    US Navy photo.    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history available for USS ARD-10 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 20 January 2012