USS ABSD-5
ABSD-5 at Manicani Island, Philippines repairing USS Mississippi in July 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS AFDB-5- ABSD-5 |
| Owner | US Navy |
| Operator | US Navy |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 1943 and 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John P. Millon |
| Completed | 1944 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1944 |
| Recommissioned | 1946 to AFDB-5 |
| Out of service | May 1946 |
| Stricken | 15 April 1989 |
| Honors & awards | American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 30,800 (in nine sections, (A-G) |
| Length | 825 ft (251 m) (in nine sections) |
| Beam | 256 ft 0 in (78.03 m) |
| Height | 9 ft (2.7 m) floated, 78 ft (24 m) flooded |
| Propulsion | none |
| Capacity | 90,000 tons lift |
| Complement | 690 officers and men |
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USS ABSD-5, later redesignated as AFDB-5, was a nine-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional Dock-5 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-5) was constructed in sections during 1943 and 1944 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in Morgan City, Louisiana for World War II. With all nine sections joined, she was 825 feet long, 28 feet tall (keel to welldeck), and with an inside clear width of 133 feet 7 inches. ABSD-5 had two traveling 15-ton capacity crane with an 85-foot radius and two or more support barges. The two side walls were folded down under tow to reduce wind resistance and lower the center of gravity. ABSD-5 had 6 capstans for pulling, each rated at 24,000 lbf (110,000 N) at 30 ft/min (0.15 m/s), 4 of the capstans were reversible. There were also 4 ballast compartments in each section.