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YFD-63 / AFDM-7 Sustain

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Delta - echo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - 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-63
  • Delivered in January 1945
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Floating Dock Medium AFDM-7 in 1945
  • Named Sustain (ARDM-7) in 1979
  • Decommissioned in August 1997
  • Current Disposition, In service, on lease, at Atlantic Marine and Dry Dock, Inc., Jacksonville, FL.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,000 t.
    Length 622'
    Beam 124'
    Draft 6 ft. (max.)
    Complement 4 Officers, 139 Enlisted
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    Sustain 84k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., with Talbot (FFG-4) in the dock, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1979 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sustain 137k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., with Caron (DD-970) in the dock. August 1985. Rick Rowen
    Sustain 109k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., drydocking King (DDG-41) entering the dock, 4 April 1985 John W. Shupe
    USS Sustain September 1982 - April 1985
    Sustain 118k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., drydocking King (DDG-41) in the dock, 4 April 1985 John W. Shupe
    USS Sustain September 1982 - April 1985
    Sustain 121k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., drydocking King (DDG-41) in the dock, 4 April 1985 John W. Shupe
    USS Sustain September 1982 - April 1985
    Sustain 120k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., drydocking King (DDG-41) in the dock, 4 April 1985 John W. Shupe
    USS Sustain September 1982 - April 1985
    Sustain 80k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., with Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) in the dock, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1994 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sustain 116k Sustain (AFDM-7) at the D&S piers, NOB Norfolk, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1994 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history available for Sustain (AFDM-7) at NavSource
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