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ARD-30 San Onofre

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


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

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
  • Decommissioned, 13 July 1995
  • 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'
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    ARD-30 95k 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 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 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 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 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
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