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ARD-11

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

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

ARD-11 was transferred to Mexico
  • ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock: Laid down (date unknown) at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Delivered (date unknown)
  • Commissioned, USS ARD-11 (date unknown) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1974
  • Final Disposition, disposed of via Security Assistance Program cash sale to Mexico, 1 July 1974
    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-11347k ARD-11 at Mare Island, with Bowfin (SS-287) in the dock, 25 October 1944. This is a safety engineering photo of the congestion on the wing walls of ARD-11.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6462-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    LST-130 150k ARD-11 is to the right of this forward plan view of LST-130 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 September 1945. Sabik (AK 121) is forward of LST-130.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6391-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    Carp117kCarp (SS-338) about to enter ARD-11 at Mare Island, 23 April 1948. Carp was in the dry dock until 7 Jun 1948. Assisting Carp are Nepanet (YTB 189) on her starboard side and YTL-590 on her port side.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.    		 Darryl Baker
    ARD-11 194k The bow of ARD-11 is visible in the upper right corner of this photo of the speakers platform on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 1 July 1954 during the keel laying ceremony for Grayback (SSG-574).
    US Navy Yard photo NY9 21866-7-54.     		Darryl Baker
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