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USS Dewey (YFD-1) 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 to her station in the Philippines in 1906 and remained there until scuttled by American forces in 1942, to prevent her falling into the hands of the invading Japanese .
The auxiliary floating drydock USS Dewey, built in 1905, was scuttled at Mariveles to prevent its capture by the Japanese. In 1942 Japan raised the Dewey, but it was resunk by US forces. Auxiliary floating dry dock USS ARD-1, built in 1933, was also at Pearl Harbor. USS ARD-1 was a self-sustaining mobile dry dock.
USS Dewey may refer to one of these ships of the United States Navy named in honor of Admiral George Dewey, best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War: USS Dewey (YFD-1) , a floating drydock at U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines until being scuttled in 1942
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
USS Dewey (DDG-105) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey , hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War .
USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) Stern view, taken in the "Dewey" floating drydock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910. Donation of Mr. F.M. Deats, 1963.
Jul. 16—A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and relocated to the Port of Brownsville in the 1990s has been retired. The advanced base sectional dock ...
moored at berth F-1, Naval Air Station Dock Swan: AVP-7 Undamaged resting on the Marine Railway dock, in boiler upkeep Hulbert: AVD-6 Undamaged moored berth S-3 at the Submarine Base Thornton: AVD-11 Undamaged moored port side to dock at berth S-1, Submarine Base Pyro: AE-1 Minor damage due to a near-miss from a dive bomber