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ARD-6

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Foxtrot - Delta NCFD

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-6 was transferred to Pakistan

ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:

Built by Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA

Laid down, date unknown

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned USS ARD-6, 28 April 1943

Stationed at Dutch Harbor, AK, 15 June 1943 - September 1945

Decommissioned, 01 July 1946

Towed by Achomawi (ATF-148) from Balboa, CZ, to Jacksonville, FL, 29 December 1946 - 04 January 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, 24 January 1947

Transferred under terms of the Security Assistance Program to Pakistan, 30 June 1961

Placed in service as Peshawar (FD-1), 19 July 1961

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	257k	S-47 (SS-158) entering ARD-6 at Dutch Harbor, 25 January 1944. US Navy photo		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for ARD-6 at NavSource

Commanding Officers
01	CDR James Henry Willey D-V(G) USNR	28 April 1943 - October 1944
02	LCDR Harold Lewis Carpenter USN	October 1944 - July 1945
03	LCDR Satoli William Hanns USN	July 1945 - 01 July 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

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