Auxiliary floating drydock
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A floating drydock is a type of ship repair facility that has been used since at least the early 19th century. It was adopted for widespread use by the US Navy in the early 20th century as a critical
USS Artisan (ABSD-1) with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945
Los Alamos (AFDB-7), with a repaired submarine at Holy Loch, Scotland in 1985
YFD-2 The first Yard Floating Dock built in 1901, arriving Pearl Harbor 23 October 1940 from New Orleans Naval Yard
USS Pennsylvania in drydock USS Dewey, the second YFD, c. 1906–1907
USS Artisan
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USS Artisan, later redesignated as, was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy. The only U.S. warship with this name, Artisan was constructed in
Auxiliary floating drydock
…65,000 US gallons (250,000 L) of fuel oil to supply the ships under repair. Crew lived in barracks ships, called APL, that docked next to the AFDB. USS Artisan (ABSD-1) (A-J), built by Everett-Pacific and others USS AFDB-2 (A-J), built by Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California (E, F, H & I in use…
Columbia (CL-56) docked in Artisan ABSD-1
AFDB-1 with West Virginia (BB-48) high and dry in the dock