USS Shippingport (ARDM-4)

History
USS Shippingport (ARDM-4) with USS Philadelphia (SSN-690) high and dry in her dock. Philadelphia was undergoing a routine hull inspection at Naval Sub Base, Groton, Connecticut
United States
Name:	USS Shippingport (ARDM-4)
Builder:	Bethlehem Steel, Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Laid down:	5 April 1977
Launched:	2 September 1977
In service:	4 January 1979
Status:	active, Naval Submarine Support Facility, New London, Connecticut as of 2010
General characteristics
Class & type:	ARDM-1-class
Displacement:	5400 tons
Length:	492 ft 0 in (149.96 m)
Beam:	96 ft (29.3 m)
Propulsion:	None

USS Shippingport (ARDM-4) is an ARDM-1-class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock. Laid down in 1977, she is still in service as of 2010 serving the Naval Submarine Support Facility, New London, Connecticut.

References

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Shippingport (ARDM-4)

Auxiliary repair docks of the United States Navy

ARD-1-class	ARD-1

ARD-2 class	ARD-2 ARD-3 ARD-4 Waterford (ARD-5) ARD-6 West Milton (ARD-7) ARD-8 ARD-9 ARD-10 ARD-11

ARD-12 class	ARD-12 ARD-13 ARD-14 ARD-15 ARD-16 ARD-17 ARD-18 ARD-19 White Sands (ARD-20) ARD-21 Windsor (ARD-22) ARD-23 ARD-24 ARD-25 ARD-26 ARD-27 ARD-28 Arco (ARD-29) San Onofre (ARD-30) ARD-31 ARD-32 ARD-33

ARDM-1 class	Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) Alamogordo (ARDM-2) Endurance (ARDM-3) Shippingport (ARDM-4) Arco (ARDM-5)

List of auxiliary ships of the United States Navy

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