USS Steadfast and USS Kinkaid
History
United States
NameSteadfast
NamesakeSteadfast
BuilderPollock Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down1945
Acquired1 July 1945
Commissioned1945
Decommissioned1998
ReclassifiedAFDM-14, 1981
Stricken7 February 1999
Identification
MottoSafty, Quality
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateSold to BAE Systems
StatusOperational in San Francisco, California
General characteristics
Class and typeAFDM-14-class floating drydock
Displacement
  • 5,900 t (5,807 long tons), light load
  • 17,500 t (17,224 long tons), full load
Length528 ft 0 in (160.93 m)
Beam118 ft 0 in (35.97 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
Installed power1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph)
Complement3 officers, 113 enlisted

USS Steadfast (AFDM-14) was a AFDM-14-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.[1]

Construction and career

YFD-71 was built by the Pollock Shipbuilding Co., in Stockton, California in 1945. She would be commissioned later in 1945 after her delivery to the Navy on 1 July.[1]

In 1981, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-14. She would be given the name Steadfast later in 1984.[2] On 1 April 1986, landing ship Tuscaloosa was seen dry docked inside Steadfast at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.[3] In February 1987, Bagley traveled to Concord Naval Weapons Station where she unloaded ammunition before beginning a restricted availability at San Diego on the 16th. The repair period lasted until early summer and included a seven-week drydocking in Steadfast that occupied most of April and all of May.[4]

In January 1992, Kinkaid was dry docked inside Steadfast.[5] On 15 March 1994, Chandler began a six-month selected restricted availability at Continental Maritime in San Diego, which lasted from 15 March until 19 May in the floating dry dock Steadfast.[6] On 8 January 1996, Steadfast was dry docked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.[7] Steadfast was decommissioned in 1998 and sold to BAE Systems Ship Repair San Francisco, renamed Eureka.[2][8] Struck from the Naval Register on 7 February 1999.

In 2009, museum ship Jeremiah O'Brien was dry docked inside Eureka at Pier 70.[9]

On 2 January 2017, the shipyard was sold to Puglia Engineering, Inc..[10]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Steadfast (AFDM 14)". Naval Vessel Register. 25 August 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (ARD)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "DN-SC-90-01935". Defense Imagery. 1 April 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Bagley IV (DE‑1069)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Department of Defense photo #'s DN-ST-92-06228". Department of Defense Media. 1 April 1986. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Chandler II (DDG-996)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  7. ^ "lbns6". www.usshelena.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Pier 70 Current Uses". Pier 70 San Francisco. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Photo Tour". www.pier70sf.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. ^ "BAE Systems sells San Francisco shipyard". Marine Log. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

External links


Category:Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Floating drydocks of the United States Navy Category:1945 ships Category:Ships built in Stockton, California

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