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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for USS Wildcat (AW-2)
    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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  • Thumbnail for USS Lynx (AK-100)
    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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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy losses in World War II
    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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