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USS Competent (AFDM-6)
AFDM-3-class dry dock of the United States Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Competent (AFDM-6), (former YFD-62), was an AFDM-3-class floating dry dock built in 1943 and operated by the United States Navy.[1]
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YFD-62 Auxiliary floating drydock was built at the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Shipyard, in Everett, Washington in 1944. She was commissioned in June 1944.[2]
In 1945, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-6.[2]
In 1968, USS Wandank (ATA-204) performed island survey duties in the Western Carolinas and subsequently helped to search for AFDM-6 which had broken loose from her civilian tow vessel.[3]
USS Carpenter (DD-825) while steaming towards Subic Bay that day, the crew discovered several leaks in the ship's hull. Moving immediately into dry dock AFDM-6 at Subic Bay, the rusted plating was repaired by work crews and Carpenter returned to Yankee Station on 5 November 1971.[4] In 1972, USS Higbee (DDR-806) was dry docked after being the first ship to be bombed during the Vietnam War.[5] From 14 to 22 August 1975, USS Bronstein (FF-1037) returned to Subic Bay to have a hole in her shaft repaired while on the blocks in AFDM-6.[6] In 1979, she as given the name Competent.[2]
On 16 February 1981, USS Barbel (SS-580) moved into Competent at Pearl Harbor for a two-week drydock period.[7] On 16 January 1984, USS Aspro (SSN-648) entered the floating drydock Competent for a restricted availability.[8] USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) was dry docked from 9 May until 1 July 1986.[9] From 20 May until 24 June 1987, the USS Bremerton (SSN-698) underwent dry docking inside Competent.[10] On 1 March 1988, Los Angeles was again dry docked for Selected Restricted Availability and undocked on 11 May.[11]
Bremerton started the year 1995 in drydock aboard Competent.[12] She was decommissioned in August 1997 and later stricken from the Naval Register on 21 August.[2] The dry dock was donated to a private company to be used in Kalaeloa.[2] LAter sold to PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line to be operated in Batam, Indonesia.[2]
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