USS ARD-12 Naval Cover 1944 Censored WWII NEW GUINEA Officer's Mail w/ letter

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New Guinea

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Cover (Postal History)

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USS ARD-12 Naval Cover 1944 Censored WWII NEW GUINEA Officer's Mail w/ letterIt was sent 19 Mar 1944. It was franked with stamp "Plane". It was sent from Henry Dorsett to Lakeside, CA.This cover is in good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement.Member USCS #10385 (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memoribilia, etc. I offer approvals service with FREE shipping to USA repeat customers.An Auxiliary repair dock (ARD) is a type of vessel employed by the U.S. Navy, especially during World War II, when it commissioned 33 ARD vessels: ARD-1 to ARD-33. ARDs were self-sustaining in World War 2. ARD have a rudder to help in tow moving, making ARDs very mobile. ARD have a bow to cut though waves. ARDs have a stern that could be opened or closed. The stern could be closed with bottom-hinged flap gate, that was operated by hydraulic rams. This stern gate could lowered for ship entrance into the submerged dock and then closed to keep out wave. They were built by the Pacific Bridge Company, in Alameda, California.USS ARD-1 under tow by USS Bridge 28 October 1934.USS Waterford (ARD-5)ARD-6 submerged at Dutch Harbor Alaska with Sub USS S-46 for repair 1944USS Arco (ARD-29) a land drydocked at Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor in Drydock Number Four for repairs in April 1951.USS Alamogordo (ARDM-2) at anchor on the Cooper River, Charleston, SCUSS White Sands (ARD-20)Contents1 Primary use2 Drydock facility3 Personnel capabilities4 Ships in class5 See also6 ReferencesPrimary useThe Auxiliary repair dock was a type Auxiliary floating drydock a type of floating drydock, which could, by design, provide drydock facility to damaged Navy vessels. Floating drydocks of this type were approximately 500-foot (150 m) long and weighted about 5,000 tons. The first Auxiliary repair dock was the USS ARD-1 built by the Pacific Bridge Company and completed in September of 1934. ARD-1 was 2200 tons, 393 ft 6 in (119.94 m) long and could lift 2200 tons. ARD-1 was so successful that 30 ARDs docks where built, most completed between 1942 to 1944. ARD-2 and the next five ARD docks were larger at 3500 tons. and 485'8" (148.0m) long. ARD-1 was taken to a forward Naval base at Kerama Retto, Okinawa Island to repair the many ships damaged by kamikaze attacks. ARD-1 made many temporarily repairs to get ships back into action. Many other ARDs joined ARD-1 in this important task. This minimized the time ships were out of action for repairs.[1][2][3][4][5][6]Drydock facilityFloating drydocks, of this and other types, were capable of flooding themselves, opening up a bow door to permit a damaged vessel to enter. Once the damaged vessel was within the bounds of the floating drydock, and the door was closed, the water was pumped out of the floating drydock, permitting repair work to be performed on the damaged vessel. Such work in battle areas was often of a temporary nature, primarily to return the damaged vessel to seaworthy condition.Once the damaged vessel was sufficiently repaired, the floating drydock was flooded, the door opened, and the repaired vessel allowed to depart for further duty or assignment.Personnel capabilitiesWhile the damaged vessel was being repaired, the drydock was capable of providing the crew of the damaged ship with temporary necessities, such as meals, laundry, some supplies, and, in a limited number of cases, berthing for crew members. (When possible, the crew of the damaged ship remained on their ship while structural repair was being accomplished.)Ships in classUSS ARD-1 (displacement of 2200 tons) (Built in 1933) (only one in class) [7]USS ARD-2 sold in 1963 [8]USS ARD-3 sold 1999 [9]USS ARD-4 sold 1961 [10]ARD-2-class 410 feet long, 49 feet, 4 inches wide, ARD-5 to 11:USS Waterford (ARD-5) [11]USS ARD-6 sold 1961 [12]USS West Milton (ARD-7) Scrapped in 1992 [13]USS ARD-8 sold 1961 [14]USS ARD-9 sold 1977 [15]USS ARD-10 sold, scrapped in 2014 [16]USS ARD-11 sold 1977 [17]ARD-2-class wide: 410 feet long, 49 feet, 4 inches 59 feet, 3 inches wide, ARD 12 to 32:USS ARD-12 sold 1987 [18]USS ARD-13 sold 1977 [19]USS ARD-14 sold 1980 [20]USS ARD-15 sold 1971 [21]USS ARD-16 by Pacific Bridge, sold moved to Mobile AL [22]USS ARD-17 sold 1971 [23]USS Endurance ARD-18 ARDM 3, laid up at Charleston Naval Shipyard[24]USS Oak Ridge ARD-19 ARDM 1, to United States Coast Guard in 2002 [25]USS White Sands ARD-20 by Pacific Bridge Co., (changed to AGDS-1), sold 1974 [26]USS ARD-21 reserve [27]USS Windsor (ARD-22) sold 1976 [28]USS ARD-23 sold 1992 [29]USS ARD-24 sold 1982 [30]USS ARD-25 sold 1973 [31]USS Alamogordo ARD-26 sold 2000 [32]USS ARD-27 Scrapped in 1974 [33]USS ARD-28 sold renamed Capitan Rodriguez Zamora [34]USS Arco ARD-29 sold to Iran 1971 [35]USS San Onfre (ARD-30) by Pacific Bridge Co.[36]USS ARD-31 To US Air Force in 1974[37]USS ARD-32 sold 1960 [38]USS ARD-33 (By Dravo Corp.) renamed AFDL 47 Reliance [39]

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