YD-200 - ex-US AFDL-24

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Combat Fleets of the World, 15th Edition



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From: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2824.htm

AFDL-1 Class Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock:

Laid down in 1943 at Doullot & Ewin, New Orleans, LA.
Delivered January 1944
Placed in service as AFD-24 at Subic Bay P.I. in 1944
Redesignated AFDL-24, 1 August 1946
Placed out of service, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, redesignated YD-200
Active in the Philippine Navy, 2011

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From: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/14/101412902.jpg

USS LSM-129 dry docked in AFD-24 at Subic Bay, P.I., circa 5 to 10 September 1945. Notice the port skeg that protects the LSMs propellers when she is on the beach. Photo c/o Donald F. Liebmann