USS Sustain (AFDM-7)

USS AFDM-7 and USS Nantahala
History
United States
NameSustain
NamesakeSustain
BuilderEverett Pacific Shipbuilding Co.
Acquired1 January 1945
Commissioned1945
Decommissioned1 August 1997
ReclassifiedAFDM-7, 1946
Stricken30 January 2007
Homeport
Identification
Honors &
awards		See Awards
Fate
StatusOperational in Jacksonville, Florida
General characteristics
Class & typeAFDM-3-class floating drydock
Displacement8,000 t (7,874 long tons)
Length622 ft 10 in (189.84 m)
Beam124 ft 0 in (37.80 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Complement4 officers, 139 enlisted

The USS Sustain (AFDM-7), (formerly YFD-63), was a AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.

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