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San Onofre (ARD-30)
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USS ARD-30


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)



USS San Onofre (ARD-30) was sold to Mexico
ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda CA.
  • Delivered and place in service, August 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ARD-30 in 1945, LCDR Charles J. Dyer, in command
  • During World War II USS ARD-30 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned and placed in service, date unknown
  • Named San Onofre (ARD-30), date unknown
  • Inactivated, 13 September 1995, at Naval Submarine Base San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 August 1997
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, transferred to Mexico under terms of the Security Assistance Program, 20 March 2001
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 6'
    Auxiliary Machinery, unknown

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    ARD-30 95k USS ARD-30 looking aft, date unknown, probably in the Portland, OR. area. COL. Jack Dyer USMCR-Ret., for his father LCDR Charles J. Dyer, CO USS ARD-30
    ARD-30 304k USS ARD-30 looking forward, date unknown, probably in the Portland, OR. area. COL. Jack Dyer USMCR-Ret., for his father LCDR Charles J. Dyer, CO USS ARD-30
    ARD-30 140k USS ARD-30 with small craft and barges in her dock, date unknown, probably in the Portland, OR. area. COL. Jack Dyer USMCR-Ret., for his father LCDR Charles J. Dyer, CO USS ARD-30
    ARD-30 295k USS ARD-30 aft with a tug and barge in her dock, date unknown, probably in the Portland, OR. area. COL. Jack Dyer USMCR-Ret., for his father LCDR Charles J. Dyer, CO USS ARD-30
    ARD-30 146k San Onofre (ARD-30) dry docked for overhaul at Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine May 1962.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    ARD-30 83k San Onofre (ARD-30), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine August 1964.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    ARD-30 89k San Onofre (ARD-30) moored at the Pearl Harbor Supply Base, 18 June 1970. The support barge YFND-27 is tied up alongside. Ford Island in the background.
    US Navy photo # USN 1144535 by PH1(AC) J.D. Osborne, USN, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    ARD-30 183k San Onofre (ARD-30) moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, date unknown. Photo by Michael Longseth. Ron Reeves
    Sperry 1978k USS Sperry (AS-12) and San OrofreARD-30 pierside at Point Loma, San Diego, CA., 15 February 1981. Note the various submarines at the pier and in the drydock, the Large Covered Lighter YFNB-9 and the non-self propelled Barrack Ship sandwiched between Sperry and San Orofre.
    Defense Imagery Photo # VIRIN: DN-SC-85-06089, by PHC T. Ryals, USN.
    Robert Hurst
    Arco 400k An aerial view of some of the service craft, submarines and support ships tied up at the submarine base at Point Loma. At left is the medium auxiliary repair dock Arco (ARDM-5); on the other side of the same pier is the auxiliary repair dry dock San Onofre (ARD-30) with a submarine aboard. At right is the submarine tender USS Dixon (AS-37), 1 January 1989.
    Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-90-00223.
     
    ARD-30 82k San Onofre (ARD-30) at San Diego, CA., with a submarine dry docked on board, circa later 1980s. The original print was inscribed and signed, 18 May 1989, by the ship's Commanding Officer, at the time, LCDR. R.D. Baker, USN.
    US Navy photo # NH 102755 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arco 289k The Aircraft Carrier USS Constellation (CV-64) outbound to sea, 18 September 1989, to participate in PACEX89 turns in the harbor at San Diego passing Naval Submarine Base Point Loma where the submarine tender USS Dixon (AS-37), Auxiliary Repair Dock San Onofre (ARD-30), Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock Arco (ARDM-5) and Floating Dry Dock Workshop (Machinery) YRDM-7 are moored.
    Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-90-08875.
     
    Arco 292k The Auxiliary Repair Dock San Onofre (ARD-30) and Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock Arco (ARDM-5) with a submarine positioned in her dock, at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA., 17 March 1991.
    Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-94-00477.
     
    ARD-30 156k San Onofre (ARD-30) Fiftieth Anniversary pin. Tommy Trampp
    ARD-30 130k Invitation and Base Entry and Reserved Parking Pass for the inactivation ceremony for San Onofre (ARD-30) at Naval Station San Diego, CA., 13 September 1995. Richard Hoffner
    ARD-30 193k

    There is no DANFS history available for USS ARD-30 / San Onofre (ARD-30) at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Dyer, Charles J.1945 - 1945
    02LCDR. Shields, Joseph CarlMay 1978 - May 1981
    03LCDR. Baker, Raleigh D., Jr.1984
    04CDR. Aligood, JoeJune 1993 - 13 September 1995
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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