USS Resolute (AFDM-10)

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USS Resolute
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameResolute
Namesake Resolute
Builder Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.
Acquired1 January 1945
Commissioned1945
Decommissioned7 November 2003
ReclassifiedAFDM-10
Identification
MottoIt Is More Than Ships At Sea
Honors and
awards
See Awards
FateLeased to Todd-Pacific Shipyards, 2004
StatusOperational in Seattle, Washington
General characteristics
Class and type AFDM-3-class floating drydock
Displacement7,000 t (6,889 long tons)
Length552 ft 10 in (168.50 m)
Beam124 ft 0 in (37.80 m)
Draft7–15 ft (2.1–4.6 m)
Installed power1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph)
Capacity18,000 t (17,716 long tons)
Complement4 officers, 146 enlisted

USS Resolute (AFDM-10), (formerly YFD-67), was a AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy. [1]

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Construction and career

YFD-67 was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., in Chicago, Illinois in 1945. She was delivered to the Navy on 1 January 1945 and commissioned later that year. [2] The dry dock was later re-designated as AFDM-10 and given the name Resolute.

In November 1984, USS Finback (SSN-670) commenced her Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) docked in Resolute. [3] On 25 January 1987, USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) began a SRA that included drydocking in Resolute at Norfolk. [4]

Resolute dry docked Los Angeles-class submarines on 25 June 1995 and 12 April 1996. [5] [6] USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) was dry docked on 12 August 1996. [7] Later that year on 12 December, USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708) underwent repair work. [8]

In December 2004, the dry dock was towed to the West Coast and leased to Todd-Pacific Shipyards. [2] On 5 February 2014, USS Momsen (DDG-92) was repaired on board the former Resolute. [9] In early January 2019, USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) was overhauled and refitted inside the dry dock. [10] From December 2019 until mid-2021, cruisers USS Chosin (CG-65) and USS Cape St. George (CG-71) were dry docked for Modernization Periods (MODPRD). Other ships worked on include USS Sampson (DDG-102), USS Coronado (LCS-4) and USS Manchester (LCS-14) [11]

Awards

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References

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  6. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007) (25 June 1995). An aerial view of a section of the Naval Station showing the repair basin and destroyer and submarine (D&S) piers #24 and #25. A Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine is in the auxiliary medium floating dry dock RESOLUTE (AFDM-10) in the foreground. Above the RESOLUTE at pier #24 is the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN-25). CGN-25 is being prepared for decommissioning. Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1921 - 2008.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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