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Resourceful (AFDM-5)
ex
 USS ARDM-5 (1945)
USS YFD-21 (1943 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Golf - Yankee
 NBGY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation 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-21
  • Commissioned USS YFD-21 in February 1943 (May have been unofficially named USS Rebuilder)
  • During World War II USS YFD-21 served at Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Islands, Samar, Philippines Islands and at Olongapo, Subic Bay , Philippine Islands
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Floating Dock Medium AFDM-5 in 1945
  • Decommissioned and placed in service, date unknown
  • During the Vietnam War AFDM-5 served at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands
  • Named Resourceful (AFDM-5) in 1979
  • Placed out of service, 22 August 1997
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1997
  • Transferred to a Local Redevelopment Agency in the Philippines, 6 April 1999
  • Sold to Malayan Towage and Salvage Corporation. SALVTUG, date unknown
  • Current Disposition, active at Subic Bay
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,000 t.
    Length 552'
    Beam 124'
    Draft 7 to 15 ft.
    Complement 4 Officers, 146 Enlisted
    Lift Capacity 18,000 t.
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    Resourceful (AFDM-5)
    Catawba 342k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) sits in Resourceful (AFDM-5) while undergoing routine hull maintenance at US Naval Ship Repair Facility, US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, 1 January 1987.
    Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-93-01079.    		  
    Resourceful 75k Resourceful (AFDM-5), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1988    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Resourceful 414k Resourceful (AFDM-5) moored at Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, 1 March 1993. Resourceful was towed to Yokosuka from Subic Bay, P.I. after the closure of U.S. Navy activities there. Note the tug district harbor tug Kittanning (YTB-787) in foreground.
    U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-95-00657, a US Navy photo by PH2 Jim Schultz    		 Robert Hurst
    Resourceful 642k Resourceful (AFDM-5) at the Ship Repair Facility US Naval Base Subic Bay, 27 June 1966. Other ships present include USS Platte (AO-24), USS Chemung (AO-30), USS Chipola (AO-63), USS O'Bannon (DD-450), and USS Klondike (AR-22) ©Richard Leonhardt
    Resourceful 65k Resourceful (AFDM-5) at the Ship Repair Facility US Naval Base Subic Bay, with USS Kinkaid (DD-965) in her dock while she undergoes repairs, circa early 1990 CDR. James H. Hopper USN Ret.
    Commercial Service
    Resourceful 83k Ex-Resourceful (AFDM-5) in commercial service in Manila Bay, early 2000s Edison Sy
    Resourceful 220k Ex-Resourceful (AFDM-5) in commercial service at SUBICDOCK, Subic Bay Philippines, 2011. Bob Gregory
    Resourceful 26k
    There is no DANFS history for Resourceful (AFDM-5) at NavSource
    Officers in Charge
    01CAPT. May, Leo George, USN1950
    02LT. Mc Conkey, Edward Cecil, USN23 October 1962 - 26 January 1963
    03LT. Logan, Billy Brannon, USN26 January 1963 - 12 June 1964
    04LT. Mc Conkey, Edward Cecil, USN12 June 1964 - 2 December 1964
    05LT. Logan, Billy Brannon, USN2 December 1964 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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    Last Updated 21 August 2015