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ABSD-6 / AFDB-6

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Bravo - Alpha
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
AFDB-4 Class Advance Base Section Dock:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as an Advance Base Section Dock at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned, USS ABSD-6 (date unknown)
  • During World War II ABSD-6 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was assigned to Apra Harbor, Guam, Marianas Islands
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Redesignated Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock AFDB-6 (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 January 1976 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 30,800 t.(lt)
    Length 825'
    Beam 246' 5"
    Draft 8' 8" (lt), 67' 4" (subm. max.)
    Complement 187
    Armament
    fourteen single 40mm AA gun mounts
    fourteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
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    LST-643/759/ABSD6 91k LST-643 and LST-759 approaching ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-379466, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Nancy Reed
    LST-643/759/ABSD6 98k LST-643 and LST-759 entering ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-379467, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Nancy Reed
    LST-643/759/ABSD6 112k LST-643 and LST-759 in the forward end of ABSD-6 at Guam, 29 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-379468, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Nancy Reed
    LST-662 128k LST-646 and LST-662 approaching ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-379469, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LST-662 143k LST-646 and LST-662 in the aft end of ABSD-6, Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-N-379472, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    CVE-93 Makin Island 115k

    Makin Island (CVE-93) halfway into ABSD-6, at Guam, 8 June 1945.
    US Navy photo # NH 99118 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center

    		 US Naval Historical Center
    ARD-26 29k ARD-26 is in front of ABSD-6 in this photo with barges alongside at Apra Harbor, Guam, circa 1944-45. Note ARD-26 has her bow painted black while the rest of her hull is painted traditional gray. Unfortunately, this image of the two dry docks tends to blend them together. Fred Basye USS ARD-26
    BB-57 South Dakota 68k ABSD-6 with South Dakota (BB-57) drydocked after an accidental explosion, 6 May 1945, while rearming from Wrangell (AE-12). South Dakota (BB-57) was at Guam from 11 to 29 May 1945.
    US Navy photo, courtesy of Cathy Verschelden    		 Mauer D. Rell, S1/c USS South Dakota August 1943 - December 1946.
    BB-57 South Dakota 95k ABSD-6 with South Dakota (BB-57) drydocked after an accidental explosion, 6 May 1945, while rearming from Wrangell (AE-12).
    US Navy photo, courtesy of Cathy Verschelden    		 Mauer D. Rell, S1/c USS South Dakota August 1943 - December 1946.
    LSM-32 94k LSM-32 and LCI(L)-992 entering ABSD-6 at Guam, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-112 95k LSM-112 and LSM-334 entering ABSD-6 together at Guam, Marianas Islands, 27 July 1945. In the background are LSM-426 and LSM-276 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-279 65k LSM-279 entering ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas Islands for repairs, 15 January 1946.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-37967 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Richard Schatz MoMM3/c USS LSM-279 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-491 55k LSM-491 and LSM-308 entering ASBD-6 at Apra Harbor, Guam, Marianas Islands, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-27 72k LSM-27 entering ASBD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-27 85k LSM-27 drydocked in the Advanced Base Dock ASBD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-348 76k LSM-348 and LSM-85 entering the Advanced Base Dock ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    There is no DANFS History currently available for ABSD-6 / AFDB-6 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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