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Dry Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD)

Most recent update: May 25, 2011.


It appears that over 150 floating dry docks were built during WWII but the records of who built them and where they were built are not clear and the following table is far from complete.  If anyone can provide any information about this sector, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Type # Old Type # Name Shipbuilder Location Ft. Tons Delivery Disposition
Auxiliary Floating Docks, Big (AFDB)
AFDB 1A ABSD 1A Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 1B ABSD 1B Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Reclassified IX 534, in service 2008 as Dock #5 in Portland OR
AFDB 1C ABSD 1C Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Reclassified IX 525 1998
AFDB 1D ABSD 1D Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Reclassified IX 521 1996, in service 2008 as Dock #5 in Portland OR
AFDB 1E ABSD 1E Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 In service 2007 as Dock #5 in Portland OR
AFDB 1F ABSD 1F Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Sunk as target 1987
AFDB 1G ABSD 1G Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 1H ABSD 1H Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 1I ABSD 1I Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 1J ABSD 1J Artisan Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-43 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 2A ABSD 2A   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 2B ABSD 2B   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Sunk as target 1987
AFDB 2C ABSD 2C   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Sunk as target 1987
AFDB 2D ABSD 2D   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Reclassified IX 522 1996
AFDB 2E ABSD 2E   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 In service 2007 as Dock #5 in Portland OR
AFDB 2F ABSD 2F   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Reclassified IX 524 1997
AFDB 2G ABSD 2G   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Scrapped 1987
AFDB 2H ABSD 2H   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Reclassified IX 535 2002, struck 2007
AFDB 2I ABSD 2I   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 In service 2007 as Dock #5 in Portland OR
AFDB 2J ABSD 2J   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Apr-44 Sunk as target 1987
AFDB 3A ABSD 3A   Pollock-Stockton Stockton CA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3B ABSD 3B   Pollock-Stockton Stockton CA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3C ABSD 3C   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3D ABSD 3D   PDM Pittsburgh PA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3E ABSD 3E   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3F ABSD 3F   Everett SB Everett WA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3G ABSD 3G   PDM Pittsburgh PA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3H ABSD 3H   PDM Pittsburgh PA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 3I ABSD 3I   PDM Pittsburgh PA 93 3,850 May-44 To Portland ME 1982, to Rijeka, Croatia 2000
AFDB 4A ABSD 4A   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4B ABSD 4B   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4C ABSD 4C   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4D ABSD 4D   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4E ABSD 4E   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4F ABSD 4F   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 4G ABSD 4G   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Aug-44 Sunk as a reef in Guam 1989
AFDB 5A ABSD 5A   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5B ABSD 5B   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5C ABSD 5C   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5D ABSD 5D   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5E ABSD 5E   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5F ABSD 5F   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 5G ABSD 5G   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Nov-44 To Port Arthur TX 1984
AFDB 6A ABSD 6A   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6B ABSD 6B   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6C ABSD 6C   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6D ABSD 6D   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6E ABSD 6E   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6F ABSD 6F   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 6G ABSD 6G   Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 93 3,850 Dec-44 Sold for scrap 1976
AFDB 7A ABSD 7A Los Alamos Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 7B ABSD 7B Los Alamos Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 7C ABSD 7C Los Alamos Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 7D ABSD 7D Los Alamos Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 7E ABSD 7E Los Alamos Pollock-Stockton Stockton CA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 7F ABSD 7F Los Alamos Pollock-Stockton Stockton CA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to US Army 1968 as a power barge
AFDB 7G ABSD 7G Los Alamos PDM Pittsburgh PA 93 3,850 Mar-45 Los Alamos, to Brownsville TX 1995
AFDB 8     Machinist Seebeck Werft Germany 825   1980 To Guam 1997
AFDB 9A     Dock No. 4A Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 350   1974 Acquired 1985, sold 2004, in Galveston TX
AFDB 9B     Dock No. 4B Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 350   1974 Acquired 1985, sold 2004, in Galveston TX
Auxiliary Floating Docks, Medium (AFDM)
AFDM 1 YFD 3       616 6,800 Jul-42 Scrapped 1986
AFDM 2 YFD 4   Alabama DD Mobile AL 616 6,400 Oct-42 To Dom. Rep. 2005
AFDM 3 YFD 6   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 622 6,800 Dec-43 Now owned by Bender Shipbuilding
AFDM 4 YFD 10       622 7,100 Jul-43 To Mexico 1948
AFDM 5 YFD 21 Resourceful Everett SB Everett WA 622 7,000 Feb-43 To Guam 1997
AFDM 6 YFD 62 Competent Everett SB Everett WA 622 8,000 Jun-44 To Taiwan 1999 as Fo Wu 7, active
AFDM 7 YFD 63 Sustain Everett SB Everett WA 622 8,000 Jan-45 Now owned by BAE Florida
AFDM 8 YFD 64 Richland Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 622 8,000 Dec-44 To Guam 1997
AFDM 9 YFD 65   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 622 8,000 Mar-45 Sold 1989
AFDM 10 YFD 67 Resolute Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 622 8,000 Jan-45 Now owned by Todd Seattle
AFDM 11 YFD 68             Cancelled
AFDM 12 YFD 69             Cancelled
AFDM 13 YFD 70             Cancelled
AFDM 14 YFD 71 Steadfast Pollock-Stockton Stockton CA 528 5,900 Jul-45 To City of San Francisco CA 1999
Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL)
AFDL 1 AFD 1 Endeavor Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Sep-43 To Dominican Republic 1986 as DF 1, active
AFDL 2 AFD 2   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Oct-43 Sold 1986
AFDL 3 AFD 3   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Nov-43  
AFDL 4 AFD 4   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Dec-43 To Brazil 1966 as Almirante Jeronimo Goncalves (G 26), active
AFDL 5 AFD 5   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Jan-44 To Taiwan 1958 as Kim Men, active
AFDL 6 AFD 6 Dynamic Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Mar-44 Operated by Norfolk NSY
AFDL 7 AFD 7 Ability Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 288 1,200 Apr-44 Scrapped 1982
AFDL 8 AFD 8   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Jan-44 Sunk as a reef 1981
AFDL 9 AFD 9   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Nov-43 Scrapped 1982
AFDL 10 AFD 10   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Dec-43 To the Philippines 1987
AFDL 11 AFD 11   Chicago Bridge Morgan City LA 200 800 Jan-44 To Cambodia 1971
AFDL 12 AFD 12       200 800 Oct-43 Sold 1984
AFDL 13 AFD 13       200 800 Nov-43 To Vietnam 1975 as HQ 9600, active
AFDL 14 AFD 14       200 800 Nov-43 Transferred foreign 1947
AFDL 15 AFD 15       200 800 Dec-43 Struck 1983
AFDL 16 AFD 16       200 800 Dec-43 Scrapped 1982
AFDL 17 AFD 17       200 800 Apr-44  
AFDL 18 AFD 18       200 800 Jun-44  
AFDL 19 AFD 19   George D. Auchter Jacksonville FL 200 800 Jun-44 Sold 1983
AFDL 20 AFD 20   George D. Auchter Jacksonville FL 200 800 Jun-44 To the Philippines 1961 as YD 204, active
AFDL 21 AFD 21   George D. Auchter Jacksonville FL 200 800 Jun-44 Sold 1990
AFDL 22 AFD 22   George D. Auchter Jacksonville FL 288 1,200 Nov-44 To Vietnam 1975 as HQ 9604, active
AFDL 23 AFD 23 Adept George D. Auchter Jacksonville FL 288 1,200 Dec-44 Active, operated by Gulf Copper at Aransas Pass TX
AFDL 24 AFD 24   Doullot & Ewin New Orleans LA 200 800 Jan-44 To the Philippines 1948 as YD 200, active
AFDL 25 AFD 25 Undaunted Doullot & Ewin New Orleans LA 200 800 Feb-44 Sold 1997
AFDL 26 AFD 26   Doullot & Ewin New Orleans LA 200 800 Jun-44 To Paraguay 1977 as DF 1, active
AFDL 27 AFD 27   Doullot & Ewin New Orleans LA 200 800