USS ARD-17

USS ARD-17

USS "ARD-17" was an sclass|ARD-12|floating dry dock built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Like most of the ships of her class, she was not named but known only by her designation.

"ARD-17" was built at Pacific Bridge Company in Alameda, California and delivered to the Navy in early 1944.

In July and August 1944, "ARD-17" served a support role in the liberation of Guam. [cite web | url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/Lib/liberation15.htm | title = The War in the Pacific | work = LIBERATION — Guam Remembers: A Golden Salute for the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Guam | publisher = National Parks Service | date = 1994 | accessdate = 2007-11-30 ]

In late September 1944, USS|Zuni|ATF-95 towed "ARD-17" from Guam to Palau.cite web | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/z1/zuni.htm | title = "Zuni" | work = Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships | publisher = United States Navy | accessdate = 2007-11-30 ] On 30 November 1944 "ARD-17" was damaged by a near miss from a Japanese bomber while anchored at Kossol Roads, Palau.cite book | url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/| title = The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II | chapter = Chapter VI: 1944 | chapterurl = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html | first = Robert | last = Cressman | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 9781557501493 | oclc = 41977179 | accessdate = 2007-11-30 ]

In February 1945, "ARD-17" and sister ship USS|ARD-16 were at Leyte Gulf servicing ships returning from Iwo Jima and preparing for Okinawa. [cite book | url = http://ibiblio.net/hyperwar/USN/BBBO/ | title = Beans, bullets, and black oil; the story of fleet logistics afloat in the Pacific during World War II | first = Worrall Reed | last = Carter | authorlink = Worrall Reed Carter | location = Washington, D.C. | publisher = Department of the Navy | year = 1953 | isbn = | oclc = 781884 | chapter = Chapter XXV; Operation ICEBERG: The Okinawa Campaign; The Forces Involved--Staging Logistics | chapterurl = http://ibiblio.net/hyperwar//USN/BBBO/BBBO-25.html | page = p. 317 | accessdate = 2007-11-30 ]

After the war, she eventually returned to the United States, and for a time was laid up as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Naval Shipyard at Boston, Massachusetts.

On 1 December 1977, "ARD-17" was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, and sold the same day to Ecuador under the Security Assistance Program. Renamed "Amazonas" (DF-81), her current fate is unknown.

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