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 and 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

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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