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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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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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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repaired by ABSD-6 at Guam: USS LCI-80 Landing Craft Infantry USS LCI-449 USS LST-643 29 May 1945 Landing Ship, Tank USS LST-759 29 May 1945 USS LST-646 29...
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Ships ABSD-3 repaired during World War 2: USS Napa LST 802 LST 822 PC 42 USS Minneapolis LCI 544 LCI 610 AK 142 - Cargo Ship LST 688 LST 442 YD USS McInteze...
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Rochefort was reassigned from cryptanalysis to command the floating dry dock ABSD-2 at San Francisco. Rochefort never served at sea again. The fact that Rochefort...
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Auxiliary floating drydock (redirect from USS ABSD)
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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were actually the U.S. Navy's Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks USS ABSD-2 and USS ABSD-4. Two Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers attacked the floating drydocks...
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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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USS Artisan (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...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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navy.mil. "Pacific Wrecks - USS ABSD-2 Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 2 (AFDB-2)". pacificwrecks.com. "Pacific Wrecks - USS ABSD-4 Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock...
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Los Alamos (AFDB-7) (redirect from USS Los Alamos)
ABSD-7, an advanced base sectional dock, was constructed of seven advance base docks (ABD) as follows: ABD-37, ABD-38, ABD-39, and ABD-40 were built by...
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further work, arriving there on 20 December. There, the floating dry dock ABSD-2 took the cruiser aboard, allowing the rest of the hull damage to be plated...
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took section 58 of ABSD-7 in tow and sailed on 27 May to Cristobal, Panama. Between 7 June and 14 June she towed sections of ABSD through the Panama Canal...
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convoy bound for the Panama Canal with sections of an advance base dock ABSD-5 in tow. ATA-199 acted as retriever tug for the convoy and, on the 22d,...
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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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USS Boulder Victory (AK-227) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired by the US Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of 20 ships in...
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colliding with USS ABSD-2, a floating drydock, midway between the California coast and the Hawaiian Islands at 27° 21'N 136° 29'W in June 1944. USS Secota (YTM-415)...
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repair depot. At the base was the Large auxiliary floating drydock USS ABSD-4 and ASDB-2, able to repair the largest capital ships. There were camps on Manus...
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1943, towing a section of the floating dock, ABSD-1, and delivered it and other cargo at Espiritu Santo on 2 October. After carrying Lend-Lease material...
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arriving there the next day. She entered the auxiliary floating drydock ABSD-3 to be inspected. The ship's propellers, shafts, and strut bearings all...
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Service Squadron (redirect from Service Squadron 2)
2: Ammunition ship USS Nitro (AE-23) USS Kilauea (AE-4) Stores ships: USS Yukon (AF-9) USS Polaris (AF-11) USS Mizar (AF-12) USS Tarazed (AF-13) USS Pollux (AKS-2)...
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floating dock USS ABSD-3 for the Marshall Islands on 8 September. She reached Eniwetok via Majuro on 21 November and then delivered another ABSD section, from...
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USS Wildcat (AW-2), was a Stag-class distilling ship, built for the United States Navy during World War II, the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for...
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action off Okinawa until 16 June. In July 1945 she had repairs done in USS ABSD-5, a floating repair dry dock. After the Japanese government announced...
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of ABSD-2, in company with her old convoy-mate Sculptor—towing Section 3 (“I”) of ABSD-2; cargo ship Eridanus – towing Section 21 (“J”) of ABSD-2; and...
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ships called APL, that dock next to the AFDB. Sections of the: USS Artisan (ABSD-1) USS ABSD-3 Los Alamos (AFDB-7) AFDM are from 6,800 to 8,000 tons and...
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ex-US Army BD 6652, ex-YD-222 USS IX-534, ex-ABSD-2, ex-AFDB-2, section B USS IX-535, ex-ABSD-2, ex-AFDB-2, section H USS IX-536 Prevail (IX-537) [A],...
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units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...
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