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...
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with her sister ship USS ABSD-3. On an island in the harbor at Guam the Navy built a base to support the crew of ABSD-6 and ABSD-3. At the base were supplies...
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Auxiliary floating drydock (redirect from USS ABSD)
1945 USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 in ABSD-6, in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945 USS ABSD-6 being assembled at Apra Harbor, Guam in 1945 USS ABSD-3 at Guam...
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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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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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the base. Advance base sectional dock (ABSD) were able to repair the largest of the Navy's ships. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) (A-J), built by Everett-Pacific and...
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BATTLESHIP USS IDAHO REPAIRED AT ESPIRITU SANTO in 1944 in USS Artisan (ABSD-1)1 Youtube, August 15, 1944 mighty battleship Idaho at ABSD-1 Youtube, Floating...
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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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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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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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USS Houston (CL-81) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development...
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her first voyage on 28 August 1943, towing a section of the floating dock, ABSD-1, and delivered it and other cargo at Espiritu Santo on 2 October. After...
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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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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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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 had...
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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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ship 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...
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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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USS E.A. Poe (IX-103), formerly Edgar Allan Poe, an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Edgar...
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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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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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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 are...
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Section 13 of the advanced base sectional dock ABSD-1 in tow astern, sailed as flagship of Task Group (TG) 116.15.3, Commander Arthur S. Walton, in company with...
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Service Squadron (redirect from Service Squadron 3)
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) USS Arcturus (AK-12)...
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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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the Navy had barracks ships called APL, that dock next to the AFDB. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) (A-J) Everett-Pacific's AFDM are 8,000 tons and 622 feet long....
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Dark Measure 31 was prescribed for all vessels of the following types: ABD, ABSD, AFD, AGP, AGS, APc, APD, AR, ARB, ARD, ARG, LCI, LCT, LSD, LST, PF, PG,...
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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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USS Victoria (AO-46) was an oiler for the United States Navy in World War II, and the second ship to bear the name. She was built in 1917 as SS George...
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cleared the New Hebrides with Section B of the advanced base sectional dock, ABSD-1, and the open lighter, YC-324, and headed for the Philippines. Proceeding...
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