ARD 7

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-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock Keel Laid (Date unknown) - Launched (Date unknown) USS ARD-7 Commissioned June 23 1943 - Decommissioned July 2 1946 Laid up in reserve ARD-7 Placed In Service 1960 WEST MILTON ARD-7 Named May 18 1976 Out of Service March 30 1981 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register August 23 1990 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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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. Covers Page 1     (1945-54)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established August 23 1943 - Disestablished April 2 1947

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-07 to 1945-08-01

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-06-27

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Battle "E: Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - A village in Saratoga County, New York—the site of an early nuclear reactor important in the development of the Navy's nuclear propulsion plants

 

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