&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:ARD29_floating_repair_dry_dock.jpg) USS ARD-29 a land drydocked at Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor in Drydock Number Four for repairs in April 1951.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS ARD-29 |
| Builder | Pacific Bridge Company Alameda, California |
| Commissioned | 23 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1971 |
| Renamed | Arco (28 March 1967) |
| Fate | transferred to Iran, 1 November 1971 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1976 |
 Iran | |
| Name | FD-4 |
| Acquired | 1 November 1971 |
| Status | ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | ARD-12-class auxiliary repair dock |
| Displacement | 5,200 tons (light) |
| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 81 ft (25 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Armament | 2 x 20 mm |
USS ARD-29 was an auxiliary repair dock that served with the United States Navy during World War II as an Auxiliary floating drydock. In 1967, the ship was renamed Arco, and in the 1970s the vessel was first loaned, and later sold, to Iran.