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ARD-3

ARD-3 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:

Appropriations for $10,000,000 earmarked by Congress for floating drydock for Pearl Harbor, 1936

Bids opened, 25 November 1936

Lowest bid received from Bethlehem Steel, $21,312,000

Navy asked for additional $5,000,000, which was declined

Project cancelled, early 1937

Specifications:
Displacement 45,000 tons
Length 1,018'
Beam 175'
Draft 5'
Armament unknown
Complement unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
096710301	332k	Artist's impression of what ARD-3 would have looked like. Illustration by Benjamin G. Seielstad in Popular Science Monthly, February 1937.		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history available for ARD-3 at NavSource

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

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