USS Ability (AFDL-7)

	Sister ship of USS Ability, the USS Dynamic AFDL-6
History
United States
Name	AFD-7 (1943–1946); AFDL-7 (1946–1979); Ability (1979–1981);
Namesake	Ability
Builder	Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Eureka, California
Laid down	1943
Launched	April 1944
Commissioned	1944
Decommissioned	1 January 1947
Fate	Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Pearl Harbor Group; Transferred on loan to the US Army, June 1970; Returned to US Naval custody, October 1971 ; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Guam;
In service	1 January 1973
Out of service	1981
Renamed	Ability, 7 June 1979
Stricken	15 February 1981
Identification	Hull symbol: AFDL-7
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1 July 1982
General characteristics
Class and type	AFDL-1-class small auxiliary floating dry dock
Displacement	1,200 long tons (1,200 t)
Length	288 ft (88 m)
Beam	64 ft (20 m) ; 45 ft (14 m) (clear width inside dry dock);
Draft	3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) empty; 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) flooded;
Speed	non-self-propelled
Capacity	1,900 long tons (1,900 t)
Complement	40

The third USS Ability (AFD-7/AFDL-7) was a small auxiliary floating drydock in the service of the United States Navy.