USS AFDM-7 and USS Nantahala
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sustain |
Namesake | Sustain |
Builder | Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co. |
Acquired | 1 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1997 |
Reclassified | AFDM-7, 1946 |
Stricken | 30 January 2007 |
Homeport | |
Identification |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate |
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Status | Operational in Jacksonville, Florida |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | AFDM-3-class floating drydock |
Displacement | 8,000 t (7,874 long tons) |
Length | 622 ft 10 in (189.84 m) |
Beam | 124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Complement | 4 officers, 139 enlisted |
The USS Sustain (AFDM-7), (formerly YFD-63), was a AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.[1]