USS ABSD-2

USS ABSD-2

Country	United States
Displacement	38500 tons standard
Length	927 feet
Beam	256 feet
Draft	9 feet
Crew	690
Lifting Capacity	90,000 tons
Inside Width	133 feet 7 inches;

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseFloating drydock USS ABSD-2 was a non-powered naval vessel designed to be able to deployed, with relative speed, to combat zones for ship repair operations, thus saving the time necessary to transport a damaged ship back to the continental United States. She was built in ten separate sections in United States between 1943 and 1944 by various shipyards in the United States, including the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, United States. Joseph Rochefort was the chief equipping officer of ABSD-2; although originally slated to command the floating drydock after commissioning, Rochefort would later be transferred elsewhere in the US Navy. Upon commissioning, USS ABSD-2 departed for Manus, Admiralty Islands in sections, under tow, in May 1944, and by Sep 1944 they were assembled and were ready for operation. After the war, she was redesignated AFDB-2 in Aug 1946. Five of her sections, A, B, C, E, F, G, and I were disposed of in various manners in 1990. At the time of this writing, three of her sections, F, D, and H, are still in service.

ww2dbaseSources:
Elliot Carlson, Joe Rochefort's War
NavSource.org

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USS ABSD-2 Operational Timeline

2 May 1944	Floating drydock USS ABSD-2 departed California, United States in 10 separate sections.
22 Jun 1944	Floating drydock USS ABSD-2, in 10 separate sections, arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands.
13 Sep 1944	The 10 separate sections of floating drydock USS ABSD-2 were assembled, and the floating drydock became operational for ship repair work at Manus, Admiralty Islands.
13 Jul 1990	Sections A and G of floating drydock ABSD-2 were sold for scrapping, sections E and I were sold for reuse or conversion, and sections B, C, and J were disposed of.
19 Jul 1990	Section F of floating drydock ABSD-2 was redesignated IX-524.
16 Aug 1996	Section D of floating drydock ABSD-2 was redesignated IX-522.
10 Oct 2002	Section H of floating drydock ABSD-2 was redesignated IX-535.

Photographs

USS ABSD-2 at Manus, Admiralty Islands, date unknown

USS ABSD-2 with USS Mississippi in the dock, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 12 Oct 1944

Destroyer Claxton, heavy cruiser Canberra, and destroyer Killen being repaired in floating drydock USS ABSD-2, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 2 Dec 1944

Destroyer Killen, heavy cruiser Canberra, and destroyer Claxton being repaired in floating drydock USS ABSD-2, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 2 Dec 1944

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. AL "SNO" SCHNOEBELEN says:
21 Dec 2016 12:12:17 PM

SOMETIME DURING 1944 THS USS ABSD 2 WAS TORPEDOED BY THE JAPANESE NO MAJOR DAMAGE AND SHE SELF REPAIRED.

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