ALAMOGORDO ARDM 2

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.

ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock Keel Laid (Date unknown) - Launched (Date unknown) USS ARD-26 Commissioned June 5 1944 - Decommissioned 1962 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Converted to ARDM-1 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock, While in reserve ALAMOGORDO ARDM-2 Placed In Service August 3 1965 - Out of Service (Date unknown) Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register November 23 1993 Transferred to Ecuador December 18 2000 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. ARD-26 Covers Page 1    (1945-46)
2. ALAMOGORDO Covers Page 1     (1994)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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ARD-26

Post Office Established August 1 1944 - Disestablished June 26 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-11

Note:

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ALAMOGORDO

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-57 USS Frank Cable AS 40

1994-02-01

N/A

Inactivation Ceremony, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a city in southern New Mexico about 100 miles north northeast of El Paso, Tex. Alamogordo is the seat of government for Otero County. Nearby Holloman Air Force Base, then known as Alamogordo Air Base, was the site of the first man-induced atomic explosion on July 16 1945

 

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