USS White Sands

ARD 20
History
United States
Name
  • USS ARD-20 (until 1966)
  • USS ARD(BS)-20 (1966–1968)
  • USS White Sands (from 1968)
NamesakeThe White Sands region of New Mexico
BuilderPacific Bridge Company, Alameda, California
Laid down20 December 1943
Launchedearly 1944
In service31 March 1944
Out of service7 October 1947
In service14 September 1966
Out of servicelate summer 1974
Renamed
  • From ARD-20 to ARD(BS)-20 14 September 1966
  • White Sands 9 March 1968
Reclassified
  • From auxiliary repair dock (ARD-20) to bathyscaphe support auxiliary repair dock (ARD(BS)-20) 14 September 1966
  • Auxiliary repair dock (ARD-20) 9 March 1968
  • auxiliary deep submergence support ship (AGDS-1) 1 August 1973
StrickenSeptember 1974
FateStruck from US Navy Register 1974
StatusIn Use as Floating Drydock, Seattle, WA
General characteristics
Class & typeARD-12-class auxiliary repair dock
Displacement5,200 long tons (5,283 t)
Length291 ft 8 in (88.90 m)
Beam81 ft (25 m)
Draft
  • 6 ft (1.8 m)
  • 32 ft 10 in (10.01 m) submerged
PropulsionNone
Complement112

USS White Sands (ARD-20), ex-USS ARD-20, ex-USS ARD(BS)-20, later AGDS-1, was a United States Navy auxiliary repair dock in service from 1944 to 1947 and from 1966 to 1974 and an Auxiliary floating drydock.

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