USS Competent (AFDM-6)

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USS AFDM-6 and USS Higbee
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameCompetent
Namesake Competent
Builder Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co.
Acquired1 June 1944
CommissionedJune 1944
DecommissionedAugust 1997
ReclassifiedAFDM-6, 1945
Stricken21 August 1997
Homeport Pearl Harbor
Identification
Honors &
awards		 See Awards
FateTransferred to PT Arpeni Pratama
StatusOperational in Batam, Riau Islands
General characteristics
Class & type AFDM-3-class floating drydock
Displacement8,000 t (7,874 long tons)
Length552 ft 10 in (168.50 m)
Beam124 ft 0 in (37.80 m)
Draft7–15 ft (2.1–4.6 m)
Complement4 officers, 146 enlisted

USS Competent (AFDM-6), (former YFD-62), was an AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1943 and operated by the United States Navy. [1]

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Construction and career

YFD-62 Auxiliary floating drydock was built at the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Shipyard, in Everett, Washington in 1944. She was commissioned in June 1944. [2]

In 1945, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-6. [2]

In 1968, USS Wandank (ATA-204) performed island survey duties in the Western Carolinas and subsequently helped to search for AFDM-6 which had broken loose from her civilian tow vessel. [3]

USS Carpenter (DD-825) while steaming towards Subic Bay that day, the crew discovered several leaks in the ship's hull. Moving immediately into dry dock AFDM-6 at Subic Bay, the rusted plating was repaired by work crews and Carpenter returned to Yankee Station on 5 November 1971. [4] In 1972, USS Higbee (DDR-806) was dry docked after being the first ship to be bombed during the Vietnam War. [5] From 14 to 22 August 1975, USS Bronstein (FF-1037) returned to Subic Bay to have a hole in her shaft repaired while on the blocks in AFDM-6. [6] In 1979, she as given the name Competent. [2]

On 16 February 1981, USS Barbel (SS-580) moved into Competent at Pearl Harbor for a two-week drydock period. [7] On 16 January 1984, USS Aspro (SSN-648) entered the floating drydock Competent for a restricted availability. [8] USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) was dry docked from 9 May until 1 July 1986. [9] From 20 May until 24 June 1987, the USS Bremerton (SSN-698) underwent dry docking inside Competent. [10] On 1 March 1988, Los Angeles was again dry docked for Selected Restricted Availability and undocked on 11 May. [11]

Bremerton started the year 1995 in drydock aboard Competent. [12] She was decommissioned in August 1997 and later stricken from the Naval Register on 21 August. [2] The dry dock was donated to a private company to be used in Kalaeloa. [2] LAter sold to PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line to be operated in Batam, Indonesia. [2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Competent (AFDM 6)". Naval Vessel Register. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (ARD)". NavSource. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wandank II (ATA-204)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Carpenter (DD-825)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "SRF, Subic Gets USS Higbee Back Into Action" (PDF). All Hands. No. 669. October 1972. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bronstein II (FF-1037)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Barbel II (SS-580)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Aspro II (SSN-648)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Annual Command History USS Loss Angeles (SSN-688)" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. 1986. p. Encl (3).
  10. ↑ "Command History of USS BREMERTON (SSN 698)" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. 24 March 1988. p. Encl (2).
  11. ↑ "Annual Command History USS Loss Angeles (SSN-688)" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command: Encl (3). 9 February 1989.
  12. ↑ "Command History of USS BREMERTON (SSN 698)" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. 26 April 1996. p. Encl (3).
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