USS Adept (AFD-23)

300px USS Adept (AFD-23)
History
United States
Name:	USS Adept (AFD-23)
Builder:	George D. Auchter Co., Jacksonville, FL
Laid down:	late 1943
Completed:	December 1944
Recommissioned:	Adept (AFDL-23), 7 June 1979
Fate:	leased to a commercial shipyard, Gulf Copper, Aransas Pass, TX.
General characteristics
Displacement:	12,000 t
Length:	288 ft (88 m)
Beam:	64 ft 7 in (19.69 m)
Draft:	, 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) (flooded)
Propulsion:	none
Capacity:	Lifting capacity 1,900 tons

The construction of AFD-23—a one-section, steel, floating Drydock built at Jacksonville, FL., by George D. Auchter Co.—was begun late in 1943 and completed in December 1944. The small, non-self-propelled auxiliary floating drydock was then towed to the Chesapeake Bay for duty at the United States Coast Guard base at Curtis Bay, Md., where she began docking small naval combatant ships—up to the size of destroyer escorts—for hull repairs. Redesignated AFDL-23 on 1 August 1946, she was moved to Hawaii in the 18 months immediately following the end of the war. By 1 January 1947, AFDL-23 was laid up with the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

After almost two decades of inactivity, AFDL-23 was placed in service in December 1965 to support the Navy's efforts in South Vietnam. She served at the Pacific Fleet's advanced bases. While continuing such duty, AFDL-23 was named Adept on 7 June 1979.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Adept (AFDL-23) ex AFDL-23 (1946–1979) AFD-23 (1943–1946)