USS Resolute
History
United States
NameResolute
NamesakeResolute
BuilderChicago Bridge and Iron Co.
Acquired1 January 1945
Commissioned1945
Decommissioned7 November 2003
ReclassifiedAFDM-10
Identification
MottoIt Is More Than Ships At Sea
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateLeased to Todd-Pacific Shipyards, 2004
StatusOperational in Seattle, Washington
General characteristics
Class and typeAFDM-3-class floating drydock
Displacement7,000 t (6,889 long tons)
Length552 ft 10 in (168.50 m)
Beam124 ft 0 in (37.80 m)
Draft7–15 ft (2.1–4.6 m)
Installed power1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph)
Capacity18,000 t (17,716 long tons)
Complement4 officers, 146 enlisted

USS Resolute (AFDM-10), (formerly YFD-67), was a AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.[1]

Construction and career

YFD-67 was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., in Chicago, Illinois in 1945. She was delivered to the Navy on 1 January 1945 and commissioned later that year.[2] The dry dock was later re-designated as AFDM-10 and given the name Resolute.

In November 1984, USS Finback (SSN-670) commenced her Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) docked in Resolute.[3] On 25 January 1987, USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) began a SRA that included drydocking in Resolute at Norfolk.[4]

Resolute dry docked Los Angeles-class submarines on 25 June 1995 and 12 April 1996.[5][6] USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) was dry docked on 12 August 1996.[7] Later that year on 12 December, USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708) underwent repair work.[8]

In December 2004, the dry dock was towed to the West Coast and leased to Todd-Pacific Shipyards.[2] On 5 February 2014, USS Momsen (DDG-92) was repaired on board the former Resolute.[9] In early January 2019, USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) was overhauled and refitted inside the dry dock.[10] From December 2019 until mid-2021, cruisers USS Chosin (CG-65) and USS Cape St. George (CG-71) were dry docked for Modernization Periods (MODPRD). Other ships worked on include USS Sampson (DDG-102), USS Coronado (LCS-4) and USS Manchester (LCS-14)[11]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Resolute (AFDM-10)". Naval Vessel Register. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "AFDM". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Finback II (SSN-670)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Hyman G. Rickover I (SSN-709)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 8 February 2022.[dead link]
  5. ^ "A port quarter view of the medium auxiliary floating dry dock RESOLUTE (AFDM-10) with a Los Angeles class nuclear powered attack submarine inside for an overhaul. AFDM-10 is in the service area near the D & S piers". The U.S. National Archives. 12 April 1996. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007) (25 June 1995). An aerial view of a section of the Naval Station showing the repair basin and destroyer and submarine (D&S) piers #24 and #25. A Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine is in the auxiliary medium floating dry dock RESOLUTE (AFDM-10) in the foreground. Above the RESOLUTE at pier #24 is the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN-25). CGN-25 is being prepared for decommissioning. Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1921 - 2008.
  7. ^ Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007) (12 August 1996). Line handlers assigned to the US Navy's medium auxiliary floating dry dock USS RESOLUTE (AFDM 10), watch as the US Navy's Attack Submarine USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723) prepares to pull in. Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1921 - 2008.
  8. ^ "Minneapolis-St Paul (SSN-708)". navsource.org. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ^ homeportnorthwest (8 April 2014). "Dry Dock Period Continues for USS Momsen". Homeport Northwest. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Vigor Awarded $7.3 million contract for US Coast Guard Cutter Healy…". Vigor. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Vigor Wins Modernization Contract for Two Navy Cruisers". Vigor. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

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