USS Endeavor (AFDL-1)

USS Endeavor was a 200-foot AFDL-1 Class Small Auxiliary floating drydock in service with the United States Navy during World War II. Built and delivered by Chicago Bridge and Iron in Morgan City, Louisiana in September 1943, she entered service as USS AFD-1. She was redesignated AFDL-1 on 1 August 1946. In 1986, she was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Dominican Republic and redesignated DF-1. She is currently in Active Service as of 2017.[1][2]

Sister ship of USS Endeavor AFDL-1, the USS Dynamic AFDL-6
History
United States
NameUSS Endeavor AFDL-1
BuilderChicago Bridge and Iron
AcquiredSeptember 1943
CommissionedSeptember 1943
In service1943
FateSold to Dominican Republic in 1986
StatusIn Active Service
NotesShip International Radio Callsign: NFKD
General characteristics
Class and typeAFDL-1-Class
Displacement800 tons
Length200 feet
Beam64 feet (inside width 45 feet)
Draft3' 3" (light), 31' 4" (flooded)
Propulsionnone - towed
Armamentnone
NotesLifting Capacity: 1,900 tons

It also shares the name with the Endeavour space shuttle, an orbital space vehicle used by NASA as an active participant in the construction of the International Space Station. Both vessels use the British English spelling of the word, rather than the American English form, in honor of the British HMS Endeavour, the ship of Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery (1768–1771).[3]

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