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USS ARD-28

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS ARD-28 was transferred to Colombia and named ARC Capitan Rodriguez Zamora
ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock:
  • Laid down in 194 at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Delivered in July 1944
  • Commissioned USS ARD-28, in July 1944
  • During World War II USS ARD-28 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 May to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS ARD-28 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 15 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold to Colombia, date unknown, named ARC Capitan Rodriguez Zamora
  • Current Disposition, active Colombian navy
  • USS ARD-28 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,200 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 6'
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Auxiliary Machinery unknown
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    Last Updated 7 February 2014