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NH 82726-KN Contributed by Dave Wright

YFD-82
ex
 USS ARD-1 (1935 - 1954)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Kilo - Golf
 NEKG
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ARD-1 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Fabricated by Dravo, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Assembled and launched at Dravo, Wilmington, DE (YN 1151)
  • Authorized, 14 May 1930
  • Contracted, cost $369,892.45, 09 March 1933
  • Laid down, 22 August 1933
  • Launched, 11 August 1934
  • Towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard for fitting out, 04 September 1934
  • Accepted by the Navy, 11 September 1934
  • Towed by Bridge (AF-1) from Philadelphia to San Diego, 20 October-14 November 1934
  • Commissioned USS ARD-1, 22 January 1935
  • Served at San Diego, 1935 - 1942
  • Towed to Pearl Harbor by Pawnee (AT-74), 09-20 December 1942
  • Served at Pearl Harbor, 1943 - 1946
  • Placed in service, out of commission, May 1946
  • Towed from Pearl Harbor to Charleston, SC, by Mosopelea (ATF-158), 02-27 January 1946
  • Reassigned to Naval Station, Green Cove Springs, FL, May 1946
  • Assigned to Reserve Fleet, 1948
  • Arrived Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME, for duty, 12 December 1951
  • Reclassified Yard Floating Dock YFD-82, April 1954
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 March 1969
  • Declared excess and sold for $206,500 to Bromfield Corporation, United Shipbuilding Division, East Boston, MA, 24 June 1969
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,315 tons displacement
    Length 393' 6" overall
    Beam 60' 0"
    Draft 5' 1"
    Armament
    several .50 cal machine guns (fitted May 1942)
    two single 40mm, two single 20mm AA (fitted Nov-Dec 1943)
    Complement
    37 (3 officers, 34 enlisted) [as built]
    107 [1944]
    Propulsion none
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    USS ARD-1
    ARD-1
    096710107    		 190k ARD-1 being launching at Wilmington, DE, 11 August 1934.
    Acme News photo    		 Dave Wright
    ARD-1
    096710106    		 899k ARD-1 shortly after launching at Wilmington, 11 August 1934.
    Photo from Chicago Tribune, 19 August 1934    		 Dave Wright
    ARD-1
    096710101    		 332k USS ARD-1 under tow by USS Bridge (AF-1) in Colon Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 28 October 1934.
    National Archives photo 80-G-455970    		 Michael Mohl
    ARD-1
    096710102    		 174k USS ARD-1 under tow by USS Bridge (AF-1) while passing through a set of locks in the Panama Canal, 28 October 1934.
    US Navy photo from the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    ARD-1
    096710108    		 968k View inside ARD-1's dock shortly after arrival at San Pedro, December 1934.
    Photo from Honolulu Advertiser, 10 December 1934    		 Dave Wright
    ARD-1
    096710104    		 400k USS Wasmuth (DD-338) docked in ARD-1 at Destroyer Base, San Diego, 25 June 1935.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 57633    		 Dave Wright
    YFD-82
    ARD-1
    096710105    		 64k YFD-82 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, probably during 1960s. Scott Odell
    There is no DANFS history available for USS ARD-1 / YFD-82 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT George Blaine Evans USNAugust 1934 - 18 June 1936
    02LCDR Charles Morgan Johnson (CEC) USN18 June 1936 - March 1938
    03LCDR Arthur Lee Karns USN 1March 1938 - 04 August 1942
    04CDR Thomas Shine USN (Ret.) (USNA 1913)04 August 1942 - January 1943
    05CDR Clarence Strong Williams D-V(G) USNRJanuary 1943 - 01 August 1945
    06LCDR Harry Victor Kandie EM USNR01 August 1945 - December 1945
    07LCDR Peter William Dobi, Jr. SE USNRDecember 1945 - June 1946
    08LT(JG) Charlie Peek USNJune 1946 - 21 October 1946
    1. Promoted to Commander December 1938.
    Courtesy Dave Wright, Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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