{{Short description|AFDM-14-class dry dock of the United States Navy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image =USS Kinkaid (DD-965) in floating drydock Steadfast.jpg | image_caption = USS ''Steadfast'' and {{USS|Kinkaid}} }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = United States | flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|naval}} | name = ''Steadfast'' | namesake = Steadfast | ordered = | awarded = | builder = Pollock Shipbuilding Co. | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 1945 | launched = | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = 1 July 1945 | commissioned = 1945 | decommissioned = 1998 | reclassified =AFDM-14, 1981 | refit = | struck = 7 February 1999 | identification = *Callsign: NCTJ *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Charlie}}{{ICS|Tango}}{{ICS|Juliet}} *Hull number: YFD-71 | motto = ''Safety, Quality'' | nickname = | honors = ''See Awards'' | captured = | fate = Sold to BAE Systems | status = Operational in San Francisco, California }}

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'''USS ''Steadfast'' (AFDM-14)''' (former '''''YFD-71''''') is a ''AFDM-14''-class floating dry dock built in 1945 and operated by the United States Navy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=25 August 1999|title=Steadfast (AFDM 14)|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|AFDM-14}} |access-date=9 February 2022|website=Naval Vessel Register}}</ref>

== Construction and career == ''YFD-71'' was built by the Pollock Shipbuilding Co., in Stockton, California in 1945. She would be commissioned later in 1945 after her delivery to the Navy on 1 July.<ref name=":0" />

In 1981, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-14. She would be given the name ''Steadfast'' later in 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Steadfast (AFDM-14) |url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/28/2814.htm|access-date=2022-02-09|website=NavSource}}</ref> On 1 April 1986, {{USS|Tuscaloosa|LST-1187}} was seen dry docked inside ''Steadfast'' at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 April 1986|title=DN-SC-90-01935|url=http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=f1d7d03d27312a97186d755f265e7f7acda01153|access-date=21 July 2014|website=Defense Imagery|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204910/http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=f1d7d03d27312a97186d755f265e7f7acda01153|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 1987, USS Bagley (FF-1069) traveled to Concord Naval Weapons Station where she unloaded ammunition before beginning a restricted availability at San Diego on the 16th. The repair period lasted until early summer and included a seven-week drydocking in ''Steadfast'' that occupied most of April and all of May.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Bagley IV (DE‑1069)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bagley-iv.html|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref>

In January 1992, {{USS|Kinkaid|DD-965}} was dry docked inside ''Steadfast''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 April 1986|title=Department of Defense photo #'s DN-ST-92-06228|url=http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/Still/1992/Navy/DN-ST-92-06228.JPEG|access-date=1 March 2008|website=Department of Defense Media}}{{dead link|date=July 2025}}</ref> On 15 March 1994, {{USS|Chandler|DDG-996}} began a six-month selected restricted availability at Continental Maritime in San Diego, which lasted from 15 March until 19 May in the floating dry dock ''Steadfast''.<ref>{{Cite DANFS |title=Chandler II (DDG-996)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/chandler-ii--ddg-996-.html|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref> On 8 January 1996, ''Steadfast'' was dry docked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.<ref>{{Cite web|title=lbns6|url=https://www.usshelena.org/lbns6.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=USS Helena}}</ref>{{rs|date=July 2025}} ''Steadfast'' was decommissioned in 1998 and sold to BAE Systems Ship Repair San Francisco, renamed ''Eureka''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pier 70 Current Uses|url=http://pier70sf.org/current_uses/currentuses.html|access-date=9 February 2022|website=Pier 70 San Francisco}}</ref> Struck from the Naval Register on 7 February 1999.<ref name=":0" />

In 2009, {{SS|Jeremiah O'Brien}} was dry docked inside ''Eureka'' at Pier 70.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Photo Tour|url=http://www.pier70sf.org/phototour/phototour_drydocks.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.pier70sf.org}}</ref>

On 2 January 2017, the shipyard was sold to Puglia Engineering, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-02|title=BAE Systems sells San Francisco shipyard|url=https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bae-systems-sells-san-francisco-shipyard/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Marine Log|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==

*American Campaign Medal *World War II Victory Medal *National Defense Service Medal

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161107045656/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AFDM_14.HTML Naval Vessel Register: Steadfast (AFDM-14)]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steadfast (AFDM-14)}} Category:Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Floating drydocks of the United States Navy Category:1945 ships Category:Ships built in Stockton, California