An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under...
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were used in building the base. Auxiliary floating drydocks were used to repair ships. Three large floating drydocks were stationed at the base. Advance...
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Dry dock (redirect from Floating drydock)
sold second-hand. During World War II, the U.S. Navy used such auxiliary floating drydocks extensively to provide maintenance in remote locations. Two examples...
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An auxiliary repair dock (ARD) is a type of floating drydock employed by the U.S. Navy, especially during World War II. The Navy commissioned 33 ARD vessels:...
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USS Ability (AFDL-7) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
was a small auxiliary floating drydock in the service of the United States Navy. The construction of AFD-7, a one-section, steel, floating dry dock built...
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USS AFDM-2 (redirect from Yard Floating Dock-4)
(former YFD-4), is an AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in Mobile, Alabama by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company for the U.S....
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Nikon F-mount camera lenses Admiralty Floating Dock, British Navy floating drydock Auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy Airport/Facility Directory...
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range from small equipment ships known as Auxiliary repair docks, to the larger Auxiliary floating drydocks, there are also Aircraft repair ships that...
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USS ARD-10 (category ARD-2-class floating drydocks)
USS ARD-10 was an auxiliary repair dock in the service of the United States Navy in World War II as an auxiliary floating drydock, built by Pacific Bridge...
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USS AFDB-2 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-2)
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...
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YFD-2 (redirect from Yard Floating Dry Dock YFD-2)
YFD-2 (Yard Floating Dock-2, USS YFD-2) was an auxiliary floating drydock built for the United States Navy in 1901. The first parts were laid down in...
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The Auxiliary floating drydock USS YFD-2 was sunk in the attack with destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) in for repair. Dock No. 2 was the only drydock working...
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(YFD-64), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Endurance (ARDM-3), Auxiliary floating drydock AFDL-32, a...
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Naval Base Ulithi (redirect from Ulithi floating hospital)
large Auxiliary floating drydock able to repair battleships USS Richland (YFD-64), Auxiliary floating drydock USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), Auxiliary floating drydock...
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into place Auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Floating dock. If an...
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USS Dewey (YFD-1) (redirect from Drydock Dewey)
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...
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Arco (ARDM-5) (redirect from ARDM-5-class floating dry dock)
Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-5-class Medium Auxiliary floating drydock for repair and serviced the United States Navy. Arco was laid down on 9 May 1983 by...
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Los Alamos (AFDB-7) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
inactive list in March 1946. In August 1946 she was reclassified to auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7. Disassembled and towed to the east coast, she entered...
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USS Artisan (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
redesignated as (AFDB-1), was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy. The only U.S. warship with this name...
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California was selected to build US Navy Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARD) a type of Auxiliary floating drydock and Type B ship barges. The Pacific Bridge...
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Martinolich Shipbuilding Company leased the Auxiliary Floating Drydock. US Navy ARDC-9, later called, AFDL-42, an Auxiliary Repair Dock, Concrete (ARDC), was sold...
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USS ABSD-3 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-3)
of nine advance base dock (ABD) sections for the US Navy as an auxiliary floating drydock for World War II. ABSD-3 was delivered to the US Navy in April...
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USS ABSD-4 (redirect from Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-4)
nine-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional Dock-4 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-4) was constructed in...
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(AE-33) USS Mount Baker (AE-34) USS Kiska (AE-35) Reclassified as Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (AFDB) in August 1946. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) USS ABSD-2 USS...
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USS Richland (YFD-64) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
USS Richland (YFD-64/AFDM-8) was an AFDM-3-class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in California for the U.S. Navy. Originally named USS YFD-64,...
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USS Adept (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
small auxiliary dry dock of the United States Navy Auxiliary floating drydock built for World War II. The construction of one-section, steel, floating Drydock...
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USS Competent (AFDM-6) (category Floating drydocks of the United States Navy)
was an AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1943 and operated by the United States Navy. YFD-62 Auxiliary floating drydock was built at the Everett...
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the 1941 attack. The four drydocks and YFD-2 could not keep up with the demand of the war, a new Auxiliary floating drydock, USS ARD-1 was stationed at...
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USS White Sands (category ARD-12-class floating drydocks)
a United States Navy auxiliary repair dock in service from 1944 to 1947 and from 1966 to 1974 and an Auxiliary floating drydock. ARD-20 was laid down...
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USS Waterford (category ARD-2-class floating drydocks)
USS Waterford (ARD-5) was an Auxiliary floating drydock that served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and...
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