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USS Dewey (YFD-1)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal

Yard Floating Drydock:

Laid down in early-1905 by Maryland Steel Co., at Sparrow Point, MD.

Launched, 10 June 1905

Dewey's first lift was on Friday 23 June 1905 when she test lifted the armored cruiser USS Colorado (ACR-7)

Dewey's second test lift was the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4).

Commissioned USS Dewey (Drydock # 1), date unknown

USS Dewey was under tow from 28 December 1905 to 9 July 1906 enroute from Virginia to Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50)

Reclassified YFD-1 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers, 17 July 1920

At the outbreak of World War II USS Dewey was at Naval Station Subic Bay

To prevent the drydock from falling into enemy hands she was towed to Mariveles harbor on the tip of the Bataan Peninsula and there she was scuttled, 8 April 1942 by her docking officer LT. C.J. Weschler

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sunk, 8 April 1942, raised by the Japanese and sunk again by US Forces

USS Dewey earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 18,500 t.
Length 501 ¾'
Beam 100'
Draft 6 ½' (empty)
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Size	Image Description	Source
766k	*USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) during test lift of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4), 23 June 1905, in the Patuxent River MD. Post card - Maker; Polychrome A-7642, Published by The American News Company New York, Leigzig, Dresden. Printed in Germany. No copyright. Postmarked, 3 January-1912, aboard USS Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50)**, probably at Norfolk Navy Yard.	Bruce D. Liddel
102k	Artwork by F. Muller, depicting the floating drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) during her voyage from the United States to the Philippines, under tow by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and USS Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50)*, in 1906. US photo # NH 54498* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
99k	Artwork by F. Muller, depicting the floating drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) during her voyage from the United States to the Philippines, under tow by USS Caesar (Collier # 16), USS Brutus (Collier # 15), USS Glacier (Stores Ship # 4) and USS Potomac (Fleet Tug # 50)*, in 1906. US photo # NH 54499* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
68k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, circa 1 to 4 April 1907 with USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 3)** in the dock. US Navy photo # NH 50360 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.	US Naval Historical Center
115k	Floating Drydock Dewey (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with *USS Shark* (Submarine # 8) in the dock. The gunboat USS Elcano (Gunboat # 38)** is also in the drydock, in the right background. US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 86963 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
115k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3)** in the dock. US Navy photo # NH 73124 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Mr. F.M. Deats, 1963	US Naval Historical Center
81k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1910, with a stern view of USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3)** in the dock. US Navy photo # NH 73125 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Paul Rebold
30k	*USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1)** with protected cruiser USS Albany docked, circa 1910. From a vintage postcard.	Robert Hurst
122k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1912 with Submarines USS A-6 (Submarine # 7) ex-Porpoise , USS A-4 (Submarine #5) ex-Moccasin and USS A-2 (Submarine #3) ex-Adder** in the dock, circa 1912. The bow of their tender, USS Mohican, is at left, with an anchor suspended from her starboard cathead. US Navy photo # NH 90185 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
87k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1912 with Submarines USS A-6 (Submarine # 7) ex-Porpoise , USS A-4 (Submarine # 5) ex-Moccasin and USS A-2 (Submarine # 3) ex-Adder** in the dock, circa 1912, with their tender, USS Mohican. US Navy photo # NH 90181 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
125k	USS Mohican in the "other end" of the *USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1)**. From the Collection of Victor L. Anderson USN	Robert Hurst
63k	Floating Drydock USS Dewey at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1916 with *USS Galveston* (Cruiser # 17)** in the dock. US Navy photo # NH 69717, courtesy of Arthur B. Furnas, 1969.	US Naval Historical Center
286k	*USS Dewey* (YFD-1) at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 23 October 1928. USS Jason (AV-2)** is tied up nearby. NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) photo ID: 512913	Robert Hurst
87k	*USS Milwaukee* (CL-5) Sailors working on the ship's propellers, while she was drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1)** at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 25 February 1929. US Navy photo # NH 64618, donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.	US Naval Historical Center
128k	The Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (YFD-1)** with USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) in the dock is in the background at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands in March 1929. Submarine crewmen pose with a 4"/50 deck gun on board an "S-Type" submarine. The submarines are probably; *USS S-30* (SS-135) and USS S-31 (SS-136). Behind them are (from front to rear); USS S-35 (SS-140), USS S-33 (SS-138), USS S-32 (SS-137), and USS S-34 (SS-139). Photographed from USS Beaver (AS-5)*. US Navy photo # NH 51830*	US Naval Historical Center
68k	Floating Drydock *USS Dewey* (YFD-1) at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 with USS Augusta (CA-31)** in the dock. US Navy photo # NH # 78379 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
112k	*USS Jason* (AV-2) dry docked in USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 9 March 1932. USS Canopus (AS-9) is in the upper right, with four submarines moored alongside. The outboard submarine is USS S-38 (SS-143)*. US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-1* a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
73k	*USS Jason* (AV-2) drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1)*, at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1932. US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-3* a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
75k	*USS Dewey* (Dry Dock # 1)** at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands in 1937. Photo from the Rulen Collection.	Sam Stokes