ABSD 1

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

AFDB-1 Class Large Auxiliary (10-section, non-self-propelled) Floating Dry Dock Constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 USS ABSD-1 Commissioned May 10 1943 - Decommissioned May 31 1946 Redesignated AFDB-1 August 1946, While in reserve Disassembled and towed to Pearl Harbor for lay up in Pacific Reserve Fleet USS AFDB-1 Recommissioned June 2 1951 - Decommissioned November 1 1956 Five sections towed to Subic Bay, P.I. reassembled AFDB-1 Place In Service November 17 1970 ARTISAN AFDB-1 Named June 7 1979 Placed Out of Service October 1986 Struck from Naval Register October 1986 Reinstated in Naval Register March 1987 IX-534 Section B redesignated Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) March 1 1987 Laid up at Naval Inactive Ships Onsite Maintenance Office Pearl Harbor, HI Struck from Naval Register January 4 2007 IX-525 Section C redesignated Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) Currently at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kekaha, HI IX-521 Section D redesignated Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) Struck from Naval Register April 26 2006 Laid up at Naval Inactive Ships Onsite Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI Section E laid up at Naval Inactive Ships Onsite Maintenance Office Pearl Harbor, HI March 1 1987 Sections A,G,H,I sold March 1 1987 for scrap Section F disposed of as target March 1 1987

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning May 10 1943 to May 31 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-11

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 9efu

1944-02-12

Marking from back of cover

 

Other Information

ABSD-1 earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - One trained to manual dexterity or skill in a trade.

 

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