USS AFDM-2

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AFDM-1-class floating drydock, on it side for Panama Canal passage
History
United States
NameYDS-4
Operator
Todd Shipyards at New Orleans
BuilderAlabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile
Cost$2,760,300 (1942)
Laid downJanuary 1943
Commissioned1 October 1943
ReclassifiedAFDM-2, 1945
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateSold to Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp., 11 February 1999
StatusOperational in Port Arthur, Texas
General characteristics
Class and type
AFDM-1-class floating drydock
Displacement6,360 t (6,260 long tons)
Length616 ft (187.8 m)
Beam116 ft (35.4 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m), empty
Capacity9,000 t (8,858 long tons), lift
Complement4 officers, 146 enlisted
Armament
Notes2 × service cranes
Sister ship USS Richland

USS AFDM-2, (former YFD-4), is an

Todd Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana for the repair of US ships during World War II
. YFD-4 was renamed an Auxiliary Floating Dock Medium AFDM-2 in 1945 after the war.

Design

AFDM-2 was 37 feet (11.3 m) tall, 116 feet (35.4 m) wide, length of 614 feet (187.1 m) (all three section connected), and has a displacement of 6,360 tons. AFDM-2 could lift capacity 9,000 tons and had two service

submerge or pumped dry to raise the ship. Submerged she can load a ship with a draft up to 20 feet (6.1 m).[1][2][3][4][5]

History

It was built by

commissioned
on 1 October 1943, right after her delivery to the Navy.

fleet ocean tug, helped in the recovery of AFDM-2. Due to the large size of AFDM-2 two rescue and salvage ships, USS Salvager and USS Windlass arrived with three special support barges to help in the salvage. Land-based winches were also used in the recovery. On 25 August 1966 tugs returned AFDM-2 to Todd Shipyards, eleven months after her sinking. Repairs where completed and she was put back in service. Divers had to repair more than 100 holes in AFDM-2 to float her again.[6]

On 16 May 1995 she was laid up in the

landing ship, tank, now a museum ship, was repaired in AFDM-2.[8] On 17 December 2021, USS Orleck (DD-886) arrived in Port Arthur to be repaired in AFDM-2.[9]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ navsource USS AFDM-2, ex USS YFD-4 (1943–1945)
  2. ^ "Floating Dry-Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD)". shipbuildinghistory.com. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia, Floating Dry Docks
  4. ^ Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940–1946 Chapter IX, Floating Drydocks
  5. ^ USN AFDM-2 Floating Drydocks & Shipyards WWI & Beyond old films, a DVD, Jan 1, 2012, 95.00 minutes, Campbell Films
  6. ^ US Navy USS AFDM-2 (YFD-4)
  7. ^ marad, AFDM-2
  8. ^ USS LST-325 repaired in AFDM-2, January 31, 2013
  9. ^ Staff, American Press (2021-12-21). "Orleck completes first phase of journey; undergoing cleaning, inspection". American Press. Retrieved 2022-01-17.

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