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USS ARD-18
was originally laid down as ARD-18, a non self-propelled United States Navy Auxiliary floating drydock in 1944. Built by the Pacific Bridge Company in Alameda, California. During World War II USS ARD-18 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and serviced ships at Guadalcanal, Ulithi, and Leyte-Samar Naval Base. After the war, floating dry dock ARD-18 was sent to Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp.'s yard, circa 1967-68 and was lengthened by adding a midsection as well as an additional deck above the uppermost crane deck. Redesignated Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock Endurance (ARDM-3), she served until retirement in 1995. References NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Endurance (ARDM-3) ex USS ARD-18 {{DEFAULTSORT:Endurance 1944 ships Ships built in Alameda, California ARD-12-class floating drydocks Floating drydocks of the United States Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiburon, CA
Tiburon (; es, Tiburón, ) is an List of cities in California, incorporated town in Marin County, California. It is located on the Tiburon Peninsula (California), Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. It shares a ZIP code with the smaller incorporated city of Belvedere, California, Belvedere (formerly a separate island), which occupies the southwest part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon. Tiburon is bordered by Corte Madera, California, Corte Madera to the north and Mill Valley, California, Mill Valley to the west, but is otherwise mostly surrounded by the bay. Besides Belvedere and Tiburon, much of the peninsula is unincorporated area, unincorporated, including portions of the north side and the communities of Strawberry, Marin County, California, Strawberry and Paradise Cay, California, Paradise Cay. The population of Tiburon was 9,146 at the 2020 census and has 6,600 registered voters. Belvedere and Tiburon share a post office, libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
