ARD 1

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock
Keel Laid 22 August 1933 - Launched 11 August 1934


1. USS ARD-1
Commissioned 22 January 1935 - Decommissioned 21 October 1946

Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. USS ARD-1 Covers Page 1     (1939-1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 1 August 1939 - Disestablished 30 June 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "DAY OF 1ST / CANCELLING"

1939-08-04

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-09-11

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1939-09-03

USS Shenandoah ZR-1 memorial cachet.

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-12-18

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type SLKb (40x6)

1930's

Note:

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Ship Straight-line Marking

 

Type SLsn (35x3) Ships Straight-line Marking

1939-08-04

First Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

USS ARD-1 earned the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

 

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