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2. USS AFDB-2 - Wikipedia

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   USS ABSD-2 at Seeadler Harbor. 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 Dock-2 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-2) was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for World War II.

3. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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   USS Artisan with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945 Los Alamos (AFDB-7), with a repaired submarine at Holy Loch, Scotland in 1985 YFD-2 The first Yard Floating Dock built in 1901, arriving Pearl Harbor 23 October 1940 from New Orleans Naval Yard USS Pennsylvania in drydock USS Dewey, the second YFD, c. 1906–1907

4. USS ABSD-3 - Wikipedia

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   USS ABSD-3 at Guam, empty USS AFDB-3 (ABSD-3) with rail traveling 15-ton crane, in Guam. ABSD-3 is an advanced base sectional dock, constructed of nine advance base dock (ABD) sections for the US Navy as an auxiliary floating drydock for World War II.

5. Los Alamos (AFDB-7) - Wikipedia

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   The seven advance base docks were towed to Mare Island Navy Yard where they were erected and assembled into ABSD-7. Completed in March 1945, the advance base section dock began duty at Mare Island, she served there until placed on the inactive list in March 1946. In August 1946 she was reclassified to auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7.

6. USS Competent (AFDM-6) - Wikipedia

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   From 14 to 22 August 1975, USS Bronstein (FF-1037) returned to Subic Bay to have a hole in her shaft repaired while on the blocks in AFDM-6. [6] In 1979, she as given the name Competent. [2] On 16 February 1981, USS Barbel (SS-580) moved into Competent at Pearl Harbor for a two-week drydock period. [7]

7. Shippingport (ARDM-4) - Wikipedia

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   With a displacement of 5400 tons, this floating dry dock had a lifting capacity of 7800 tons. [1] Shippingport has two 25 ton portal gantry cranes on tracks, [2] one running along the top deck of each hull side superstructure. [3] She is a government owned, private contractor operated, restored and certified drydock used to execute submarine ...