Monday, August 1, 2011

AFDL-21




AFDL-21 Class Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock:
  • Laid down by George D. Auchter Co., Jacksonville, FL.
  • Commissioned AFD-21, date unknown
  • Redesignated AFDL-21, 1 August 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Philippines navy in 1961, redesignated YD-204
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1989
  • Sold to Malayan Towage and Salvage Corp.. SALVTUG, 16 March 1990, in service at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines

  • Specifications:
    Displacement 12,000 t.
    Length 200'
    Beam 64'
    Inside width 45'
    Draft 3' 3" (lt), 31' 4" (flooded)
    Lifting capacity 1,000 tons

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