An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under...
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were used in building the base. Auxiliary floating drydocks were used to repair ships. Three large floating drydocks were stationed at the base. Advance...
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Dry dock (redirect from Floating drydock)
sold second-hand. During World War II, the U.S. Navy used such auxiliary floating drydocks extensively to provide maintenance in remote locations. Two examples...
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USS Ability (AFDL-7) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
was a small auxiliary floating drydock in the service of the United States Navy. The construction of AFD-7, a one-section, steel, floating dry dock built...
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USS ARD-10 (category ARD-2-class floating drydocks)
USS ARD-10 was an auxiliary repair dock in the service of the United States Navy in World War II as an auxiliary floating drydock, built by Pacific Bridge...
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YFD-2 (redirect from Yard Floating Dry Dock YFD-2)
YFD-2 (Yard Floating Dock-2, USS YFD-2) was an auxiliary floating drydock built for the United States Navy in 1901. The first parts were laid down in...
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Arco (ARDM-5) (redirect from ARDM-5-class floating dry dock)
Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-5-class Medium Auxiliary floating drydock for repair and serviced the United States Navy. Arco was laid down on 9 May 1983 by...
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Naval Base Ulithi (redirect from Ulithi floating hospital)
large Auxiliary floating drydock able to repair battleships USS Richland (YFD-64), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Auxiliary floating drydock...
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USS AFDM-2 (redirect from Yard Floating Dock-4)
(former YFD-4), is an AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in Mobile, Alabama by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company for the U.S....
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Federal Aviation Administration Auxiliary floating drydock, US Navy Admiralty Floating Dock, a British Navy floating drydock IATA airport code for Port Alfred...
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USS Artisan (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
redesignated as (AFDB-1), was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy. The only U.S. warship with this name...
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The Auxiliary floating drydock USS YFD-2 was sunk in the attack with destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) in for repair. Dock No. 2 was the only drydock working...
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(YFD-64), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Endurance (ARDM-3), Auxiliary floating drydock AFDL-32, a...
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USS AFDB-2 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-2)
ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional Dock-2 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-2) was constructed in...
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An auxiliary repair dock (ARD) is a type of floating drydock employed by the U.S. Navy, especially during World War II. The Navy commissioned 33 ARD vessels:...
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USS Oak Ridge (redirect from ARDM-1-class floating dry dock)
Oak Ridge (ARD-19/ARDM-1) was originally a United States Navy Auxiliary floating drydock suitable for dry docking destroyers, submarines and landing craft...
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USS Dewey (YFD-1) (redirect from Drydock Dewey)
was a floating dry dock built for the United States Navy in 1905, and named for American Admiral George Dewey. The auxiliary floating drydock was towed...
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range from small equipment ships known as Auxiliary repair docks, to the larger Auxiliary floating drydocks, there are also Aircraft repair ships that...
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Los Alamos (AFDB-7) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
inactive list in March 1946. In August 1946 she was reclassified to auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7. Disassembled and towed to the east coast, she entered...
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into place Auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Floating dock. If an...
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USS Endurance (ARDM-3) (category ARD-12-class floating drydocks)
laid down as ARD-18, a non self-propelled United States Navy Auxiliary floating drydock in 1944. Built by the Pacific Bridge Company in Alameda, California...
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The Royal Navy had a number of floating drydocks for the repair of warships where there was no fixed dry dock available. The docks did not receive a name...
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USS ARD-17 (category ARD-12-class floating drydocks)
ARD-17 was an ARD-12-class floating dry dock built for the U.S. Navy during World War II as an Auxiliary floating drydock. Like most of the ships of her...
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USS ABSD-6 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-6)
nine advance base docks (ABD) sections for the US Navy as an auxiliary floating drydock for World War II. ABSD-6 was built by Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
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USS White Sands (category ARD-12-class floating drydocks)
a United States Navy auxiliary repair dock in service from 1944 to 1947 and from 1966 to 1974 and an Auxiliary floating drydock. ARD-20 was laid down...
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USS Waterford (category ARD-2-class floating drydocks)
USS Waterford (ARD-5) was an Auxiliary floating drydock that served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and...
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unloading of cargo ships. The base also became a repair depot, with auxiliary floating drydocks that were able to repair boats and ships in the field. Naval...
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escorting destroyers, arriving there the next day. She entered the auxiliary floating drydock ABSD-3 to be inspected. The ship's propellers, shafts, and strut...
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USS Adept (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
small auxiliary dry dock of the United States Navy Auxiliary floating drydock built for World War II. The construction of one-section, steel, floating Drydock...
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USS ARD-9 (category ARD-2-class floating drydocks)
USS ARD-9 was an auxiliary repair dock serving with the United States Navy during World War II as Auxiliary floating drydock. Built by the Pacific Bridge...
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