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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS ARD-26
Commissioned June 5 1944 - Decommissioned 1962
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
Converted to ARDM-1 Class Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock, While in reserve
ALAMOGORDO ARDM-2
Placed In Service August 3 1965 - Out of Service (Date unknown)
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group

Struck from Naval Register November 23 1993
Transferred to Ecuador December 18 2000

Fate unknown

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

Covers Page 1 (1945-46)
Alamagordo Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

1st Commissioning June 15 1944 to October 1962

Locy Type
2z

1945-03-11

Note:

2nd Commissioning August 3 1965 to November 23 1993

Locy Type F

USS FRANK CABLE AS-40

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. F-57

1994-02-01

Inactivation Ceremony
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a city in southern New Mexico about 100 miles north northeast of El Paso, Tex. Alamogordo is the seat of government for Otero County. Nearby Holloman Air Force Base, then known as Alamogordo Air Base, was the site of the first man-induced atomic explosion on July 16 1945

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 range for covers on that page.
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-<li>[[ARD-26_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946)</li>
+<li>[[ARD-26_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
 <li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Alamagordo Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
 </ol>
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 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
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 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
--06-21
+-03-11
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-[[Image:JonBurdett ard26 19460621 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett ard26 19450311 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-[[Image:JonBurdett ard26 19460621.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett ard26 19450311.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Decommissioning_ | Inactivation Ceremony]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
+Note:
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 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-Locy Type F<br/><br/>[[FRANK_CABLE_AS_40_ | USS FRANK CABLE AS-40]]<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>F-57
+Locy Type F<br/><br/>[[FRANK_CABLE_AS_40_ | USS FRANK CABLE AS-40]]<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. F-57
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -02-01
-</td><td align="center" width="320">[[Image:GregCiesielski_Alamogordo_ARDM2_19940201_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+</td><td align="center" width="350">[[Image:GregCiesielski_Alamogordo_ARDM2_19940201_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_FrankCable_AS40_19940201_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]