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Machinist (AFDB-8)

AFDB-8 Class Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock :

Built by Seebeckweft GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany

Delivered and placed in service in June 1980 as Machinist (AFDB-8)

Allocated to Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines

Placed out of service, circa 1992

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1997

Sold for commercial service to Guam Industrial Services, Apra, GU, 29 May 1998

Final disposition, active in Guam, known locally as "Big Blue"

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 825'
Beam 175'
Draft unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
127k	Machinist (AFDB-8) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, date unknown.	Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
62k	Machinist (AFDB-8) and *USS Brunswick* (ATS-3) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 3 April 1992. Brunswick towed Machinist** from Subic Bay to Pearl Harbor during the US military withdrawal from Subic Bay. DOD photo # DNST9207048 by Roger Dutcher, JO2 USN.	Defense Imagery.mil
69k	Aerial view of ex-Machinist (AFDB-8) in commercial service for Guam Ship Yard, Apra Harbor Guam, circa 2008.	Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
289k	Ex-Machinist (AFDB-8) in commercial service for Guam Ship Yard, Apra Harbor Guam, 2009, with ex-*YD-201* moored alongside.	Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
274k	Ex-Machinist (AFDB-8) in commercial service for Guam Ship Yard, Apra Harbor Guam with *USNS Rainier* (T-AOE-7)** in her dock, 23 February 2009.	Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
45k	Ex-Machinist (AFDB-8) sunk at Guam Ship Yard, Apra Harbor Guam, January 2011.
103k
717k	Ex-Machinist (AFDB-8) departing Apra Harbor, Guam, for repairs and modernization at PaxOcean Shipyard, Zhoushan City, China, aboard Chinese heavy lift ship MV Zhen Hua, 30 August 2016.	Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43

There is no DANFS history for Machinist (AFDB-8) available at NavSource
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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