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ARD-22 Windsor

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Charlie - Lima
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Windsor (ARD-22) was transferred to the Republic of China and redesignated Fo Wu 6
ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down, 24 January 1944, at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Delivered (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS ARD-22, 21 April 1944
  • Named Windsor (ARD-22), 9 May 1967
  • Decommissioned in late 1970
  • Leased to Taiwan, 1 June 1971, redesignated Fo Wu 6
  • Sold under the Security Assistance Program, 19 May 1976, to Taiwan
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1976
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Windsor as ARD-22 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 6'(lt) 33' 3"(subm)
    Complement 112
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion none
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    USS Windsor (ARD-22)
    ARD-22 119k Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) undocking from Windsor (ARD-22) at SRF Subic Bay, R.P, circa late March or early April 1956, after being fitted with a temporary bow to allow her to steam to the United States for permanent repairs. She had been damaged in a collision with Columbus (CA-74), 11 March 1956.
    US Navy photo # NH 79346 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.         		US Naval Historical Center
    ARD-22 87k Windsor (ARD-22) at SRF Subic Bay, R.P, 24 May 1967.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    ARD-22 220k Windsor (ARD-22) being towed into drydock by a mike boat at SRF Subic Bay, R.P., circa late 1970 -early 1971.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine October 1971.    		 Stanley C. Svec
    Fo Wu 6
    ARD-22 10k ex-Windsor (ARD-22) in Republic of China service as Fo Wu 6, date and place unknown.
    Republic of China Navy photo         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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