USS ARD-9

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|Ship image=File:USSARD10atMareIslandNavyYard.jpg

|Ship caption=USS ARD-9's sister ship USS ARD-10 at Mare Island Navy Yard

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}}

|Ship name=USS ARD-9

|Ship builder=Pacific Bridge Company

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|Ship commissioned=23 September 1943

|Ship decommissioned=

|Ship fate=Transferred to the Republic of China, October 1967

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|Ship struck=15 April 1976

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|Ship country=Taiwan

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of China|naval}}

|Ship name=ROCS Wo Fu (ARDS-5)

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|Ship acquired=October 1968

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|Ship decommissioned=1 November 2013

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|Ship fate=Broken up, 2014

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|Ship class={{sclass|ARD-2|auxiliary repair dock}}

|Ship displacement=4,200 tons (light)

|Ship length={{convert|482|ft|7|in|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|71|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|5|ft|abbr=on}}

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|Ship complement=131

|Ship armament=2 x 20 mm

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USS ARD-9 was an auxiliary repair dock serving with the United States Navy during World War II as Auxiliary floating drydock. Built by the Pacific Bridge Company.

ARD-9 was commissioned at Alameda, California on 25 September 1943, towed to San Francisco Bay, and anchored near the Floating Drydock Training Center at Tiburon, California. She had 5 dockings before leaving the United States.

ARD-9 left the US on 12 December 1943 in a convoy of 5 ships: An AK ship, the Navy tug {{USS|Yuma|AT-94|6}} towing the {{USS|ARD-10}}, and the Metamora, a Merchant Marine tug towing the ARD-9. At sea, the ship headed SSW and crossed the equator at 151 degrees and 50 minutes. She was 56 days at sea without seeing land. As the convoy entered the Coral Sea it was given an escort by an Australian corvette. The ARD-10 then left the convoy and went on to Perth. ARD-9 anchored at Naval Base Milne Bay, in Milne Bay, New Guinea on 6 February 1944.

She was sold to the Republic of China in 1976, where she served as Wo Fu (ARDS-5).

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References

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Category:ARD-2-class floating drydocks

Category:Ships built in Alameda, California

Category:1943 ships

Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States

Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of China Navy

Category:Auxiliary ships of the Republic of China Navy