USS Dewey (YFD-1)

USS Pennsylvania in drydock Dewey, c. 1906–1907
History
United States
Name	USS Dewey
Namesake	Admiral George Dewey
Builder	Maryland Steel Co.
Cost	$1,127,000
Laid down	early 1905
Launched	10 June 1905
Sponsored by	Miss Endicott, daughter of Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott
Reclassified	YFD-1, 20 July 1920
Honours and awards	1 Battle star
Fate	Scuttled at Mariveles, 1942; raised by Japanese; resunk by U.S. forces
General characteristics
Displacement	18,500 t.
Length	501 ft 9 in (152.93 m)
Beam	100 ft (30.5 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (empty)

USS Dewey (YFD-1) was a floating dry dock built for the United States Navy in 1905, and named for American Admiral George Dewey. The auxiliary floating drydock was towed to her station in the Philippines in 1906 and remained there until scuttled by American forces in 1942, to prevent her falling into the hands of the invading Japanese.