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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 a ship in need of repair below the water line. Water is then pumped out of the floating dry dock, raising the ship out of the water. The ship becomes blocked on the deck of the floating dry ...
USS Resolute (AFDM-10), (formerly YFD-67), was a AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy. [ 1 ] Construction and career
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, she was towed to the Philippines and Guam where she served until war's end. In 1946 she was placed back into service to support submarine maintenance at Guam for the next forty years.
USS Competent (AFDM-6), (former YFD-62), was an AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1943 and operated by the United States Navy. [1] Construction and career [ edit ]
On 1 August 1946, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-7. On 28 October 1950, the dry dock would be on commercial lease. In 1956, AFDM-7 was towed through the Panama Canal and leased to Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. In October 1971, the Navy would reacquire the dry dock as the lease was over. AFDM-7 would be repaired and refitted ...
USS AFDM-2, (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. Navy. Originally named USS YFD-4, Yard Floating Dock-4, she operated by Todd Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana for the repair of US ships during World War II.