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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Contributed by Al Grazevich

Waterford (ARD-5)
ex
USS ARD-5 (1943 - 1976)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Echo - Alpha NCEA

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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 (2) - Nave Battle "E" ribbon (7) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)

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Waterford (ARD-5) was transferred to Chile, renamed Talcahuano

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Renamed Talcahuano, 30 August 1999

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
Waterford (ARD-5)
	60k	Artist rendition of Waterford (ARD-5) by W. H. Ravell		CWO4 Stanley J. Brice USN
	45k	Waterford (ARD-5) right, West Milton (ARD-7) left, at New London, CT, circa 1960s-70s.		CWO4 Stanley J. Brice USN (09670502) Tommy Trampp (09670507)
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	307k	Waterford (ARD-5) moored at New London, CT, date unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.		Stan Svec
	69k	Waterford (ARD-5) at Groton, CT., 28 July 1996, shortly before her inactivation.		Photo by Ken Hart
	111k	Waterford (ARD-5) at Groton, CT., bow view, 28 July 1996, shortly before her inactivation.		Photo by Ken Hart
	67k	Waterford (ARD-5) inactivation ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, 9 September 1997		Tom Kilkenny
Talcahuano
	15k	Ex-Waterford (ARD-5) now in service as the Chilean drydock Talcahuano underway with assistance of a tug alongside. Photo from base.mforos.com		Tommy Trampp

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Additional Ships Patches
Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

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USS ARD-5 / Waterford (ARD-5)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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

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Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Williams, Clarence S.	3 July 1942 - January 1943
02	LCDR. Beard, Francis Willis	January 1943 - April 1943
03	CDR. Sheridan, Thomas W.	April 1943 - 13 August 1943
04	CDR. Parker, Ross, C.	13 August 1943 - May 1944
05	CDR. Fredericks, Harmon	May 1944 - June 1944
06	LCDR. Spangler, James B.	June 1944 - September 1944
07	LCDR. Crossman, Mortiner Blake	September 1944 - 30 August 1946
Officers In Charge
08	LT. Efird, Terril Alexander	30 August 1946 - ?
09	LT. Lusk, Thomas C.	no dates
10	CWO. Claudy, Henry Thomas	no dates
11	LT. Furnholm, William George	no dates
12	LT. Jacobson, James B.	April 1965 - October 1967
13	LT. Simonelli, Norman Walter	October 1967 - January 1970
14	LT. Brann, R. W.	January 1970 - August 1974
15	LT. Ellis, R. W.	August 1974 - November 1975
16	LCDR. Goode, Eugene F.	November 1975 - December 1977
20	LCDR. Peitzmeyer, Kenneth Dal, USN	20 October 1985 - November 1986

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Waterford ARD-5

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