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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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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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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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 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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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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Nikon F-mount camera lenses Admiralty Floating Dock, British Navy floating drydock Auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy Airport/Facility Directory...
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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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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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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 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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(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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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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Martinolich Shipbuilding Company leased the Auxiliary Floating Drydock. US Navy ARDC-9, later called, AFDL-42, an Auxiliary Repair Dock, Concrete (ARDC), was sold...
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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 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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USS ABSD-3 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-3)
of nine advance base dock (ABD) sections for the US Navy as an auxiliary floating drydock for World War II. ABSD-3 was delivered to the US Navy in April...
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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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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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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 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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USS ABSD-4 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-4)
nine-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional Dock-4 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-4) was constructed in...
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California was selected to build US Navy Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARD) a type of Auxiliary floating drydock and Type B ship barges. The Pacific Bridge...
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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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(AE-33) USS Mount Baker (AE-34) USS Kiska (AE-35) Reclassified as Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (AFDB) in August 1946. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) USS ABSD-2 USS...
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USS Richland (YFD-64) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
USS Richland (YFD-64/AFDM-8) was an AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in California for the U.S. Navy. Originally named USS YFD-64,...
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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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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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Navy's Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks USS ABSD-2 and USS ABSD-4. Two Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers attacked the floating drydocks five nights later...
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the 1941 attack. The four drydocks and YFD-2 could not keep up with the demand of the war, a new Auxiliary floating drydock, USS ARD-1 was stationed at...
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