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YFD-62 / AFDM-6 Competent

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Hotel - Delta
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
AFDM-3 Class Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co., Everett, WA. as Yard Floating Dock YFD-62
  • Delivered in June 1944
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Floating Dock Medium AFDM-6 in 1945
  • Named Competent (ARDM-6) in 1979
  • Decommissioned in August 1997
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 August 1997
  • Laid up in the NISMF, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by donation though GSA, in private use at Kalaeloa, formerly the Barbers Point Harbor, HI.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,000 t.
    Length 522'
    Beam 124'
    Draft 7 to 15 ft.
    Complement 4 Officers, 146 Enlisted
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    Competent 32k Competent (AFDM-6), date and place unknown. CWO-4 Stanley J Bice USN
    Competent 39k Competent (AFDM-6), date and place unknown. CWO-4 Stanley J Bice USN
    Competent 71k Competent (AFDM-6) with a submarine in her dock, at Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown. David Buck PN1 USN Ret. Competent
    Competent 98k Competent (AFDM-6) with submarine in her dock, at Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1990-92. Photo by Duane Earwood EO3 Competent 1990-92
    Competent 101k Competent (AFDM-6) at Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1990-92. Photo by Duane Earwood EO3 Competent 1990-92
    Competent 126k Competent (AFDM-6) at Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1990-92. Photo by Duane Earwood EO3 Competent 1990-92
    Competent 49k Competent (AFDM-6) at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI. 1 August 2000 Photo by Jim Bedient
    Competent 64k Competent (AFDM-6) at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI. 1 August 2000 Photo by Jim Bedient
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    History entry located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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