Not to be confused with USS Arco (ARD-29).
| Arco (ARDM-5) | |
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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 Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville (SSN-758) enters the floating dry dock of Arco (ARDM-5) for scheduled maintenance in 2007. | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Namesake: | Arco, Idaho |
| Operator: |
 United States Navy |
| Awarded: | 13 October 1982 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 9 May 1983 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1984 |
| In service: | 23 June 1986 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | Our Hands Preserve |
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| Status: | Active |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | ARDM-5-class |
| Displacement: | 5,400 tons |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Height: | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officer, 125 enlisted |
Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-5-class 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 the for nuclear-powered submarines of Submarine Squadron Eleven in the Pacific, as well as other small craft.
Sources[]
- Arco's official homepage
- DANFS: Arco
- Template:Naval Vessel Register service craft URL
- Service Ship Photo Archive: ARDM-5 Arco
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