# USS Steadfast

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

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

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 | class               =[''AFDM-14''-class](/source/AFDM-14-class_medium_auxiliary_floating_dry_dock) [floating drydock](/source/floating_drydock)
 | displacement        =*{{convert|5,900|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, light load
                        *{{convert|17,500|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, full load
 | length              ={{convert|528|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}}
 | beam                ={{convert|118|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} 
 | draft               ={{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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 | complement          =3 officers, 113 enlisted 
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'''USS ''Steadfast'' (AFDM-14)''' (former '''''YFD-71''''') is a [''AFDM-14''-class](/source/AFDM-14-class_medium_auxiliary_floating_dry_dock) [floating dry dock](/source/floating_dry_dock) built in 1945 and operated by the [United States Navy](/source/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.](/source/Pollock-Stockton_Shipbuilding_Company), in [Stockton](/source/Stockton%2C_California), [California](/source/California) in 1945. She would be [commissioned](/source/Commissioned_(ship)) 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](/source/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)](/source/USS_Bagley_(FF-1069)) traveled to [Concord Naval Weapons Station](/source/Concord_Naval_Weapons_Station) where she unloaded ammunition before beginning a restricted availability at [San Diego](/source/Naval_Base_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](/source/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](/source/Decommissioned_(ship)) in 1998 and sold to [BAE Systems Ship Repair](/source/BAE_Systems_Ship_Repair) [San Francisco](/source/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](/source/Navy_Directory) on 7 February 1999.<ref name=":0" />

In 2009, {{SS|Jeremiah O'Brien}} was dry docked inside ''Eureka'' at [Pier 70](/source/Pier_70%2C_San_Francisco).<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](/source/American_Campaign_Medal) 
*[World War II Victory Medal](/source/World_War_II_Victory_Medal)
*[National Defense Service Medal](/source/National_Defense_Service_Medal)

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

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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

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