Monday, August 1, 2011

dewey drydock 1905, 1905-1942

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Yard Floating Drydock:
  • Laid down in early-1905 by Maryland Steel Co., at Sparrow Point, MD.
  • Launched, 10 June 1905
  • Dewey's first lift was on Friday 23 June 1905 when she test lifted the armored cruiser USS Colorado (ACR-7)
  • Dewey's second test lift was the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4).
  • Commissioned USS Dewey (Drydock # 1), date unknown
  • USS Dewey was under tow from 28 December 1905 to 9 July 1906 enroute from Virginia to Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50)
  • Reclassified YFD-1 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers, 17 July 1920
  • At the outbreak of World War II USS Dewey was at Naval Station Subic Bay
  • To prevent the drydock from falling into enemy hands she was towed to Mariveles harbor on the tip of the Bataan Peninsula and there she was scuttled, 8 April 1942 by her docking officer LT. C.J. Weschler
  • Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the ... In order to avoid capture
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sunk, 8 April 1942, raised by the Japanese and sunk again by US Forces
  • USS Dewey earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 18,500 t.
    Length 501 ¾'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 6 ½' (empty)
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
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    Dewey766kUSS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) during test lift of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4), 23 June 1905, in the Patuxent River MD.
    Post card - Maker; Polychrome A-7642, Published by The American News Company New York, Leigzig, Dresden. Printed in Germany. No copyright. Postmarked, 3 January-1912, aboard USS Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50), probably at Norfolk Navy Yard.    		Bruce D. Liddel
    Dewey102kArtwork by F. Muller, depicting the floating drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) during her voyage from the United States to the Philippines, under tow by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and USS Potomac(Fleet Tug # 50), in 1906.
    US photo # NH 54498 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Dewey99kArtwork by F. Muller, depicting the floating drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) during her voyage from the United States to the Philippines, under tow by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and USS Potomac(Fleet Tug # 50), in 1906.
    US photo # NH 54499 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Dewey68kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, circa 1 to 4 April 1907 with USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 3) in the dock.
    US Navy photo # NH 50360 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Shark115kFloating Drydock Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with USS Shark (Submarine # 8) in the dock. The gunboat USS Elcano(Gunboat # 38) is also in the drydock, in the right background.
    US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 86963 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		US Naval Historical Center
    Chauncey115kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) in the dock.
    US Navy photo # NH 73124 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Mr. F.M. Deats, 1963    		US Naval Historical Center
    Chauncey81kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with a stern view of USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) in the dock.
    US Navy photo # NH 73125 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		Paul Rebold
    Moccasin122kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1912 with Submarines
    USS A-6 (Submarine # 7) ex-Porpoise ,
    USS A-4 (Submarine #5) ex-Moccasin and
    USS A-2 (Submarine #3) ex-Adder
    in the dock, circa 1912. The bow of their tender, USS Mohican, is at left, with an anchor suspended from her starboard cathead.
    US Navy photo # NH 90185 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		US Naval Historical Center
    Mohican87kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1912 with Submarines
    USS A-6 (Submarine # 7) ex-Porpoise ,
    USS A-4 (Submarine # 5) ex-Moccasin and
    USS A-2 (Submarine # 3) ex-Adder
    in the dock, circa 1912, with their tender, USS Mohican.
    US Navy photo # NH 90181 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		US Naval Historical Center
    Galveston63kFloating Drydock USS Dewey at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1916 with USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17) in the dock.
    US Navy photo # NH 69717, courtesy of Arthur B. Furnas, 1969.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Milwaukee87kUSS Milwaukee (CL-5) Sailors working on the ship's propellers, while she was drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 25 February 1929.
    US Navy photo # NH 64618, donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.    		US Naval Historical Center
    S-30-35128kThe Floating Drydock USS Dewey (YFD-1) with USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) in the dock is in the background at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands in March 1929. Submarine crewmen pose with a 4"/50 deck gun on board an "S-Type" submarine. The submarines are probably;
    USS S-30 (SS-135) and
    USS S-31 (SS-136).
    Behind them are (from front to rear);
    USS S-35 (SS-140)    ,
    USS S-33 (SS-138)    ,
    USS S-32 (SS-137)    , and
    USS S-34 (SS-139).
    Photographed from USS Beaver (AS-5).
    US Navy photo # NH 51830    		US Naval Historical Center
    Augusta68kFloating Drydock USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 with USS Augusta (CA-31) in the dock.
    US Navy photo # NH # 78379 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Jason112kUSS Jason (AV-2) dry docked in USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 9 March 1932. USS Canopus (AS-9) is in the upper right, with four submarines moored alongside. The outboard submarine is USS S-38 (SS-143).
    US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-1 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		US Naval Historical Center
    Jason73kUSS Jason (AV-2) drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1), at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1932.
    US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-3 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		US Naval Historical Cente
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