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West Milton (ARD-7)
ex
 USS ARD-7 (1943 - 1976)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Golf - Oscar
 NCGO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E: Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Built by Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS ARD-7, 23 June 1943
  • Stationed at Cairns, Australia, 19 October 1943 - 15 June 1944
  • Stationed at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, July -25 December 1944
  • Stationed at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 30 December 1944 - 20 February 1945
  • Stationed at Subic Bay, 27 February 1945 - 1946
  • Decommissioned and laid up in reserve, 02 July 1946
  • Reactivated, 1960
  • Stationed at New London, CT, 1960 - 1881
  • Named West Milton, 18 May 1976
  • Placed out of service, 30 March 1981
  • entered James River NDRF, 16 July 1981
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 August 1990
  • Title transferred to MARAD Maritime Administration, 23 January 1992
  • Sold to Neptune International, Inc., for $584,887.50 [contract MA-12705], 05 February 1992
  • Withdrawn from James River NDRF for scrapping in India, 25 March 1992
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,200 tons (lt)
    Length 485' 8"
    Beam 71'
    Draft 5' 1" (light) 32' 6" (max)
    Complement 112
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    West Milton
    09670702    		 264k West Milton (ARD-7) at New London, CT, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial    		 Stan Svec
    Waterford/West Milton
    09670502    		 45k Waterford (ARD-5) at right, West Milton (ARD-7) on the left, New London, CT, circa 1960s-70s CWO4 Stanley J. Brice USN (09670502)
    Tommy Trampp (09670507)
    Waterford/West Milton
    09670507    		 68k
    USS ARD-7 / West Milton (ARD-7)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Joseph Epps Lee, Jr. D-M USNR23 June 1942 - December 1944
    02LT Marshall Holiday Carver USNDecember 1944 - May 1945
    03LCDR Coleman Russell Knowles D-M USNRMay 1945 - May 1946
    04LT(JG) Burton Leon Easton USNMay 1946 - 01 July 1946
    Officers In Charge
    05CWO4 Stanley J Brice USN1960 - ????
    06LT(JG) Leroy Allen Brown USNOctober 1972 - 1974
    07LCDR Jack Edmund Hunter USN1976 - ????
    08LT Virgil Eugene Gann USN1978 - ????
    09LCDR Frederick Walter Krafft, Jr. USN1980 - 30 March 1981
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 28 November 2014