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USS ARD-27

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Zulu - Kilo NHZK

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:

Laid down in 194 at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.

Delivered in June 1944

Commissioned USS ARD-27, in June 1944

During World War II USS ARD-27 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 15 May to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS ARD-27 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 9 January 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974

USS ARD-27 earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 5,200 t.
Length 492'
Beam 81'
Draft 6'
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Auxiliary Machinery unknown

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

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Last Updated 7 February 2014