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USS ARD-24

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Zulu - Echo

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda CA.
  • Commissioned, USS ARD-24 in 1944
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Placed in service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 6'

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    ABSD-6
    09670603
    747k Drydocks of the Industrial Department Apra Harbor, Guam. The two large drydocks are;
    USS ABSD-3
    USS ABSD-6 are shown in the center with their storage island
    USS ARDC-3
    USS ARD-24 and
    USS ARD-26 are shown in the background.
    US Navy photo
    Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR
    ARD-24
    09672403
    779k USS ARD-24, moored in Apra Harbor, circa 1945.
    US Navy photo
    Joe Johnson for CDR Robert Haven USNR
    ARD-24 166k USS ARD-24, moored in Apra Harbor, Guam, 1945. Barbara J. Whitsitt
    ARD-24 696k Forward stack of the USS Braine (DD-630) while in the yard at Naval Ship Yard Mare Island in December 1967. In the background USS Uhlmann (DD-687) is riding in floating drydock ARD-24 at the south end of the yard. © Richard Leonhardt
    Kiska 1275k Aerial view of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, May 1980. From left to right: ARD-24, river craft of Special Boat Unit 11 (SBU-11), USS Kiska (AE-35), USS Parche (SSN-683) with DSRV, and YM-35 dredging the area.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 168005-5-80 NS
    Darryl Baker

    There is no DANFS history available for USS ARD-24 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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