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AFDB-8 Machinist

AFDB-8 Class Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock :
  • Built, in 1980, by Seebeck, Shipbuilding GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Delivered and placed in service in June 1980 as Machinist (AFDB-8)
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1997
  • Sold for commercial service, date unknown, to Guam Industrial Services Shipyard
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 825'
    Beam 175'
    Draft unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
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    Machinist 62k Machinist (AFDB-8) and Brunswick (ATS-3) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 3 April 1992. Brunswick towed Machinist from Subic Bay to Pearl Harbor during the US military withdrawal from Subic Bay.
    DOD photo # DNST9207048 by Roger Dutcher, JO2 USN.    		 DOD
    There is current no DANFS history for Machinist (AFDB-8) available at NavSource
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