Arco (ARDM-5)
{{Distinguish|USS Arco (ARD-29)}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=US Navy 070425-N-6357K-002 Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758), nicknamed The Ghost of the Coast, enters the floating dry dock Arco (ARDM 5) for a scheduled maintenance period aboard Naval Base Point.jpg |Ship caption=Los Angeles-class submarine {{USS|Asheville|SSN-758}} enters the floating dry dock Arco (ARDM-5) for scheduled maintenance in 2007. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag}} |Ship name= |Ship namesake=Arco, Idaho |Ship owner= |Ship operator={{navy|USA}} |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded=13 October 1982 |Ship builder= Todd Pacific Shipyards |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=9 May 1983 |Ship launched=14 December 1984 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=23 June 1986 |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=San Diego, California |Ship identification= |Ship motto= Our Hands Preserve |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors=*40px National Defense Service Medal
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Arco (ARDM-5) is an {{sclass|ARDM-5|floating dry dock|0}} Medium Auxiliary floating drydock for repair and serviced the United States Navy.
Arco was laid down on 9 May 1983 by Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, and launched on 14 December 1984. She was placed in service on 23 June 1986 at Naval Base San Diego. She provides dry dock services for the nuclear-powered submarines of Submarine Squadron Eleven in the Pacific, as well as other small craft.
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920113346/http://www.arco.navy.mil/index.htm Arco's official homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040228111000/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a11/arco-ii.htm DANFS: Arco]
- {{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=ARDM5|title=Navy Register ARCO (ARDM 5)}}
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2805.htm Service Ship Photo Archive: ARDM-5 Arco]
{{ARD-12 class auxiliary repair dock}}
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Category:Ships built in Seattle
Category:Floating drydocks of the United States Navy
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