ARD-10 returned to the United States after in 1946. She was stricken from US Navy service in July 1972 and subsequently sold to Bendershipbuilding Repair Co. of Mexico. As of 6 February 2013[update] the ship was still operational.
ARD-10 was a member of the ARD-2 class of Auxiliary Repair Drydocks (ARD). The ARD-2 class of drydocks dates to early World War II and were towed to where they were required, generally forward area anchorages. Five of the 7 ARD-2-class drydocks built are still in existence in foreign navies. The 486-foot-long (148 m) ARD could handle World War II-era ships up to destroyer size.
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Account of a sailor on the Yuma during her journey with ARD-10 to Australia
Visible Letters 'ARD 10' on aft hull of background ship in the Clint Eastwood movie, "Magnum Force", visible just over Hal Holbrook's shoulder in final scene of the film at San Francisco Dock 54.