USS ABSD-2, later redesignated as AFDB-2, was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional...
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Auxiliary floating drydock (redirect from USS AFDB)
called APL, that docked next to the AFDB. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) (A-J), built by Everett-Pacific and others USS AFDB-2 (A-J), built by Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
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1946. In August 1946 she was reclassified to auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7. Disassembled and towed to the east coast, she entered the Atlantic Reserve...
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USS ABSD-5, later redesignated as AFDB-5, was a nine-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional...
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had to unload much of her ammunition and fuel oil before entering AFDB-3. The USS Idaho (BB-42) was also repaired in ABSD-3 after a kamikaze attack on...
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USS ABSD-4, later redesignated as AFDB-4, was a nine-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional...
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sized Auxiliary floating drydocks were towed to the base. The largest USS AFDB-2 and USS ABSD-4 were able to drydock battleships. Also at Lombrum Point Seabee...
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of her ammunition and fuel oil before entering AFDB-6. Another large ship repaired and painted was USS Makin Island, a 7,800-ton Casablanca-class escort...
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USS Artisan (ABSD-1), later redesignated as (AFDB-1), was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy...
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USS Bennington (CV-20) was repaired with a badly damaged flight deck from Typhoon Cobra. Some of the Ulithi repair depot ships and crafts: USS AFDB-2...
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(ABSD-1) USS ABSD-2 USS ABSD-3 USS ABSD-4 USS ABSD-5 USS ABSD-6 USS ABSD-7 USS ABSD-8 USS ABSD-9 USS ABSD-10 USS Artisan (AFDB-1) USS AFDB-2 USS AFDB-3 USS AFDB-4...
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Wrecks - USS ABSD-2 Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 2 (AFDB-2)". pacificwrecks.com. "Pacific Wrecks - USS ABSD-4 Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 4 (AFDB-4)". Pacificwrecks...
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10 September 1963, Robert E. Lee entered the floating drydock Los Alamos (AFDB-7), then on 4 October 1963 resumed her normal patrol schedule. Continuing...
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dock USS Los Alamos (AFDB-7) in Holy Loch, Scotland Leaving Holy Loch, Scotland, "George C. Marshall" made a port call in Weymouth, England for 2 days...
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16 April 2016. USS Mount Hood (AE-11) entry in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, retrieved 16 April 2016. AFDB-2 and AFDB-4 on PacificWrecks...
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USNS Salvor (redirect from USS Salvor)
drydock sections (AFDB-1 and AFDB-2E) in tow. On 25 November she fueled at sea from USS Mauna Kea. Salvor conducted more at-sea fueling with USS Brunswick and...
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anchored out in the loch, initially USS Proteus (AS-19), tugs, barges, small boats, and the floating drydock Los Alamos (AFDB-7). The site was a deep, sheltered...
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to the AFDB the Navy had barracks ships called APL, that dock next to the AFDB. Sections of the: USS Artisan (ABSD-1) USS ABSD-3 Los Alamos (AFDB-7) AFDM...
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Firth of Forth in Scotland. September 10 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is founded. September 11 – In Jacksonville, Florida, during a tour of the...
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USS Betelgeuse (AK-260) was the last of the Greenville Victory-class cargo ships in service in the United States Navy. On 10 April 1944, it was renamed...
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Wiley and Sons. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-471-28948-5. Photos of USS Samuel B. Roberts on blocks in AFDB-3 in 1988 "Sea Going Navy Yard Follows The Fleet", November...
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erupted on USS Canopus, killing three of her complement. Almost four years later, on 3 November 1974, the nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS James Madison...
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List ARD-5 "Us Navy Dry Docks Afdb Afdm Afdl Ardm Ard Yfd". Shipbuildinghistory.com. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2021-11-20. "USS WATERFORD (ARD-5) Crew Roster"...
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Eureka USS AFDB-5 NavSource, USS Richland (AFDM-8) NavSource, USS AFDM-9 NavSource, USS AFDM-3 NavSource, USS AFD-2 NavSource, USS AFD-3 NavSource, USS AFD-4...
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repair. For the crew to live next to the AFDB the Navy had barracks ships called APL, that dock next to the AFDB. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) (A-J) Everett-Pacific's...
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USS L-1 (SS-40) USS L-2 (SS-41) USS L-3 (SS-42) USS L-4 (SS-43) USS L-5 (SS-44) USS L-6 (SS-45) USS L-7 (SS-46) USS L-8 (SS-48) USS L-9 (SS-49) USS L-10...
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berthing craft USS IX-519, ex-YC-1643, boat landing stage USS IX-520, ex-APL-19 USS IX-521, ex-AFDB-1, section D USS IX-522, ex-ABSD-2, ex-AFDB-2, section D...
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pages. USS A-1 (SS-2, SP-1370) USS A-2 (SS-3) USS A-3 (SS-4) USS A-4 (SS-5) USS A-5 (SS-6) USS A-6 (SS-7) USS A-7 (SS-8) USS AA-1 (SS-52/SF-1) USS AA-2 (SS-60/SF-2)...
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USS Arikara (AT-98) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Arikara, a loose confederacy of sub-tribes of American Indians related...
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the Polaris Submarine Base at Holy Loch, Scotland, four large sections of AFDB–7, an enormous floating drydock. The 4,400-mile passage began at Mayport...
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