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ABSD-6 / AFDB-6

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Bravo - Tango
 NWBA
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
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Redesignated 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.)
    Compliment 187
    Armament fourteen 40mm AA guns, fourteen 20mm AA guns
    Propulsion none
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    LST-662 128k USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 entering the floating drydock USS 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 USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 in the floating drydock USS 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
    There is no DANFS History currently available for USS ABSD-6 / AFDB-6 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    No Information available
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