USS Steadfast (AFDM-14) (former YFD-71) is a AFDM-14-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.[1]
_in_floating_drydock_Steadfast.jpg) USS Steadfast and USS Kinkaid
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Steadfast |
| Namesake | Steadfast |
| Builder | Pollock Shipbuilding Co. |
| Laid down | 1945 |
| Acquired | 1 July 1945 |
| Commissioned | 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1998 |
| Reclassified | AFDM-14, 1981 |
| Stricken | 7 February 1999 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Safety, Quality |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Sold to BAE Systems |
| Status | Operational in San Francisco, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | AFDM-14-class floating drydock |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 528 ft 0 in (160.93 m) |
| Beam | 118 ft 0 in (35.97 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 113 enlisted |
Construction and career
editYFD-71 was built by the Pollock Shipbuilding Co., in Stockton, California in 1945. She would be commissioned later in 1945 after her delivery to the Navy on 1 July.[1]
In 1981, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-14. She would be given the name Steadfast later in 1984.[2] On 1 April 1986, USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) was seen dry docked inside Steadfast at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.[3] In February 1987, USS Bagley (FF-1069) traveled to Concord Naval Weapons Station where she unloaded ammunition before beginning a restricted availability at San Diego on the 16th. The repair period lasted until early summer and included a seven-week drydocking in Steadfast that occupied most of April and all of May.[4]
In January 1992, USS Kinkaid (DD-965) was dry docked inside Steadfast.[5] On 15 March 1994, USS Chandler (DDG-996) began a six-month selected restricted availability at Continental Maritime in San Diego, which lasted from 15 March until 19 May in the floating dry dock Steadfast.[6] On 8 January 1996, Steadfast was dry docked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.[7] Steadfast was decommissioned in 1998 and sold to BAE Systems Ship Repair San Francisco, renamed Eureka.[2][8] Struck from the Naval Register on 7 February 1999.[1]
In 2009, SS Jeremiah O'Brien was dry docked inside Eureka at Pier 70.[9]
On 2 January 2017, the shipyard was sold to Puglia Engineering, Inc.[10]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Steadfast (AFDM 14)". Naval Vessel Register. 25 August 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (ARD)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "DN-SC-90-01935". Defense Imagery. 1 April 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Bagley IV (DE‑1069)". NHHC. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Department of Defense photo #'s DN-ST-92-06228". Department of Defense Media. 1 April 1986. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Chandler II (DDG-996)". NHHC. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "lbns6". www.usshelena.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Pier 70 Current Uses". Pier 70 San Francisco. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Photo Tour". www.pier70sf.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "BAE Systems sells San Francisco shipyard". Marine Log. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
