{{Short description|AFDM-3-class dry dock of the United States Navy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image =USS Resourceful (AFDM-5) and USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) at Subic Bay.jpg | image_caption = USS ''Resourceful'' and {{USNS|Spica|T-AFS-9|6}} }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = United States | flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|naval}} | name = ''Resourceful'' | namesake = Resourceful | ordered = | awarded = | builder = Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co. | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = 1 February 1943 | commissioned = February 1943 | decommissioned = 22 August 1997 | reclassified =AFDM-5, 1945 | struck = 22 August 1997 | homeport = *Subic Bay | identification = *Callsign: NBGY *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Bravo}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Yankee}} *Hull number: YFD-21 | motto = *''Alta Et Sica'' *(High and Dry) | nickname = | honors = ''See Awards'' | fate = *Donated to Subic Drydock Co., 1999 *Sunk in Subic Bay, 2018 }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class =''AFDM-3''-class floating drydock | displacement ={{convert|7,000|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} | length ={{convert|552|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | beam ={{convert|124|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | draft ={{convert|7|-|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} | propulsion = | speed ={{convert|22.9|kn|lk=in}} | power ={{convert|1600|hp|0|abbr=on}} | range = | complement =4 officers, 146 enlisted | capacity ={{convert|18,000|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} }} }}

'''USS ''Resourceful'' (AFDM-5)''', (former '''''YFD-21)''''', was a ''AFDM-3''-class floating dry dock built in 1943 and operated by the United States Navy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2000 |title=Resourceful (AFDM 5) |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|AFDM-5}} |access-date=7 February 2022 |website=Naval Vessel Register}}</ref>

== Construction and career == ''YFD-21'' was built at the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Shipyard, in Everett, Washington in 1943. She was commissioned in February 1943.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (AFDM)|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/28/7301.htm|access-date=2022-02-07|website=NavSource}}</ref>

Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, {{USS|Chickasaw|AT-83}} departed Seattle, Washington, on 11 March 1943 for Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, towing the floating dry dock ''YFD-21,'' and arrived on 30 March 1943.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Chickasaw III (AT-83)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/chickasaw-iii.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> ''Draco'' towed ''YFD-21'' from Seattle by way of Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, arriving 5 May 1943.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Draco|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/draco.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> On 4 July 1945, USS Wildcat (AW-2) shifted to ''YFD-21'' for the remainder of her repairs.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Wildcat (AW-2)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wildcat.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> In 1945, the unnamed dry dock was re-designated AFDM-5. {{USNS|Safeguard|T-ARS-50}} added section G of ''AFDM-5'' to her tow and continued on to Pearl Harbor on 29 July 1946, in company with three YTBs.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Safeguard|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/safeguard.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref>

During the Vietnam War, ''AFDM-5'' was recommissioned and in 1962, was given the motto "Alta Et Sica", which translates to "High and Dry". She was based in Subic Bay for the rest of her career. After a short period drydocked in ''AFDM-5'' at Subic Bay, the {{USS|Benner|DD-807}} sailed to Hong Kong for rest and recreation on the 31 January 1967.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Benner (DD-807)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/benner-i.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> {{USS|Albatross|MSC-289}} entered the floating dry dock on the 15th and, by 25 October 1967, was underway for Sasebo.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Albatross VI (MSC 289)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/albatross-vi.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> USNS ''Corpus Christi Bay'' (T-ARVH-1) was in the floating drydock in 1968.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196901.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618031257/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196901.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-18 |title=Letters to the Editor |magazine=All Hands |number=624 |page=48 |date=January 1969}}</ref> {{USS|Grasp|ARS-24}} made another dry dock period but this time inside the ''AFDM-5'', in late September 1968.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Grasp I (ARS-24)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/grasp-i.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> On 26 April 1969, the {{USS|Abnaki|ATF-96}} got underway bound for Guam with ''AFDM-5'' in tow.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Abnaki (ATF-96)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/abnaki.html|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref>

USS Sanctuary (AH-17) was dry docked inside ''AFDM-5'' in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USS Sanctuary (AH 17) WestPac Cruise Book 1969-70 - Events and Activities|url=https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/ah17-70/index_003.htm|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.navysite.de}}</ref> In 1979, she was finally named ''Resourceful''.<ref name=":0" />

On 1 January 1987, {{USNS|Spica|T-AFS-9}} and {{USNS|Catawba|T-ATF-168}} were dry docked inside ''Resourceful''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6485416 |title=The combat stores ship USNS SPICA (T-AFS-9) rests on blocks in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock Resourceful (AFDM-5). The submarine tender USS PORTEUS (AS-19), with two Sturgeon class nuclear-powered attack submarines nested alongside, is on the right. The Naval Supply Depot is in the background |date=1987-01-01 |website=US National Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1987-01-01|title=The fleet tug USNS CATAWBA (T-ATF-168) sits in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock Resourceful (AFDM-5) while undergoing routine hull maintenance|url=https://nara.getarchive.net/media/the-fleet-tug-usns-catawba-t-atf-168-sits-in-the-medium-auxiliary-floating-213aad|access-date=2022-02-07|website=The U.S. National Archives|language=en}}</ref> Later in the same year, {{USNS|Silas Bent|T-AGS-26}} was also dry docked.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198705.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920011235/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198705.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-20 |title=Keeping 7th Fleet ships on line |magazine=All Hands |number=842 |page=17 |date=May 1987}}</ref>

In early 1990s, {{USS|Kinkaid|DD-965}} was being repaired on board the dry dock. On 19 April 1992, ''Resourceful'' was towed to Yokosuka after the closure of the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Navy tows its last drydock from Philippines|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/19/US-Navy-tows-its-last-drydock-from-Philippines/1013703656000/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schultz|first=Jim|date=1 March 1993|title=DN-SC-95-00657 Floating dry dock AFDM-5 at US Fleet Activities Yokosuka 1993|url=http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=62429c483acb4705ed55f40750166fd2963e819e|access-date=18 March 2013|website=U.S. DefenseImagery|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204910/http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=62429c483acb4705ed55f40750166fd2963e819e}}</ref> On 22 August 1997, ''Resource'' was decommissioned for the last time and stricken on the same day. She would then be transferred to the Local Redevelopment Agency (LRA), in the Philippines on 6 April 1999.

The dry dock has kept the name AFDM-5 and provided repair services around the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Subic Drydock Co. Philippines|url=https://www.shipyards.gr/ship-repairs/far-east-pacific-ocean/Shiprepairs-FarEast-China/philippines/subic-drydock-co-philippines|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Shipyards Directory worldwide with locations map|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2012, {{MV|Logos Hope}} was dry docked inside ''AFDM-5''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Logos Hope 2012 Dry Dock In Subic Bay, Philippines|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBZCCyFaQLs|language=en|access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> From 30 October 2017 to 15 February 2018, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) was dry docked inside of her.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 15, 2018|title=BRP RAMON ALCARAZ|work=Subic Drydock Company|url=https://subicdock.com/brp-ramon-alcaraz/#respond}}</ref> From 26 March to 26 April 2018, she repaired MV ''Lorcon Bacolod''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 26, 2018|title=MV LORCON BACOLOD|work=Subic Drydock Corporation|url=https://subicdock.com/lorcon-bacolod/#respond}}</ref> In late 2018, the dry dock was seen sunk in port until it was removed in late 2021.<ref>Google Earth Pro</ref>

== Awards ==

* American Campaign Medal * Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal * World War II Victory Medal * National Defense Service Medal * Philippines Liberation Medal

==References== {{Refbegin}} *[http://olongapo-subic.blogspot.com/2011/08/floating-drydock-back-at-subic-freeport.html Floating drydock back at Subic Freeport] *[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/19/US-Navy-tows-its-last-drydock-from-Philippines/1013703656000/ U.S. Navy tows its last drydock from Philippines] {{Refend}} {{reflist}}

== External links == *[https://www.hullnumber.com/AFDM-5 Hull Number: AFDM-5 DEPLOYMENTS] *[https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnitProfile&type=Unit&ID=19246 TogetherWeServed: Resourceful (AFDM-5) Crew Members]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resourceful (AFDM-5)}} Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Floating drydocks of the United States Navy Category:1943 ships Category:Ships built in Everett, Washington Category:Subic Bay