Arco (ARDM-5)

Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-5-class Medium Auxiliary floating drydock for repair and serviced the United States Navy.

Not to be confused with USS Arco (ARD-29).

Los Angeles-class submarine USS Asheville (SSN-758) enters the floating dry dock of Arco (ARDM-5) for scheduled maintenance in 2007.
History
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
Honors and
awards:
Status: Active
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General characteristics
Class and 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 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.

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