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|Ship namesake=[[Los Alamos, New Mexico]]
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*[[Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company]] (2 sections)
*[[Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.]] (1 section)
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|Ship fate=Section 'F' sunk as a target 19 July 2001
|Ship status=Sections 'A'–'E' and 'G' active in Brownsville, Tx since 11 August 1995
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'''ABSD-7''', an [[advanced base sectional dock]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA121 |title=Sea Going Navy Yard Follows The Fleet |date=November 1945 |journal=[[Popular Science]] |last=Angas |first=W. Mack, Capt. (CEC) USN |pages=121–124 |accessdate=2012-07-10}}</ref> was constructed of seven advance base docks (ABD) as follows: ABD-37, ABD-38, ABD-39, and ABD-40 were built by [[Chicago Bridge & Iron Company]], [[Morgan City, Louisiana]], and completed in December 1944 and January and February 1945; ABD-51 and ABD-52 were built by [[Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company]], [[Stockton, California]], and completed in January and March 1945; and ABD-58 was built by [[Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.]], [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, and completed in October 1944.

== Mare Island ==
The seven advance base docks were towed to [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] where they were erected and assembled into ABSD-7. Completed in March 1945, the advance base section dock began duty at [[Mare Island]], she served there until placed on the inactive list in March 1946. In August 1946 she was reclassified to auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7. Disassembled and towed to the east coast, she entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida in January 1947.
{{stack|[[File:USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) in USS AFDB-7.jpg|thumb|right|{{USS|Abraham Lincoln|SSBN-602}} in ''Los Alamos'']]}}
== Holy Loch ==
Early in 1961, four sections—"A", "B", "C", and "D"—of AFDB‑7 were towed across the Atlantic Ocean to [[Holy Loch]], Scotland, where on 3 March 1961 the Navy established an important base for fleet ballistic submarines. A detachment of [[Seabee (US Navy)|Seabee]]s from MCB-4 erected and assembled the four sections. Completed 10 November, the auxiliary floating drydock was placed in service as '''''Los Alamos'' (AFDB-7)'''.

Assigned to [[Submarine Squadron 14|SUBRON 14]], ''Los Alamos'' began drydock service for the [[Fleet ballistic missile submarine|FBM boats]].

Converted for use by [[submarines]], she had the following characteristics:
* Displacement: {{convert|18795|LT|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
* Length: {{convert|513|ft|m|abbr=on}}
* Draft: {{convert|9|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} light, {{convert|67|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} submerged
* Complement: 143
* Armament: none

Late in 1961 she carried out her first SSBN drydocking of {{USS|George Washington|SSBN-598}}. She then served submarines of the "Highland Squadron" at [[Holy Loch]]. She supported refit and repair operations by submarine tenders {{USS|Proteus|AS-19|2}}, {{USS|Hunley|AS-31|2}}, {{USS|Holland|AS-32|2}}, {{USS|Simon Lake|AS-33|2}}, and {{USS|Canopus|AS-34|2}}. In February 1964 she successfully completed the first "off center" docking of a [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] submarine. By providing keel blocks preset for two separate classes of [[SSBN]] boats, ''Los Alamos'' "added immeasurably to the site’s repair flexibility."

On 18 June 1966, section "F" was turned over to the [[U.S. Army]], where it was converted into a floating power plant at Kwajalein named ''Andrew J Weber'' (BD-6235). On 1 October 1977, ''Andrew J Weber'' was returned to the [[U.S. Navy]] and reinstated on the [[Naval Vessel Register]] as [[YFP-14]]. Stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 29 May 1991, YFP-14 remained at Guam and was designated to be used in a Sinkex on 18 June 1998. YFP-14 was sunk {{convert|250|nmi|abbr=on}} southeast of Agana, Guam on 19 July 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/dumpdredged/documents/2001_EPA_Ocean_Dumping_Report.pdf |title=Ocean Dumping Report for Calendar Year 2001 for Non-dredged Material |page=3 |accessdate=2012-07-10 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.navsea.navy.mil/teamships/Inactiveships/pdf/sinkex_list.pdf NAVSEA Sinkex List]{{dead link |date=July 2012}}</ref> The [[Naval Vessel Register]]'s entry for YFP-14 incorrectly indicates the vessel was sunk on 18 June 1998, that was the date the vessel was designated to be sunk.{{citation needed |date=July 2012}}

On 5 December 1994 ''Los Alamos'' was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. It was disassembled into sections and returned to the United States, the remaining six original ABSD-7 sections ("A", "B", "C", "D", "E" and "G") were transferred to the Brownsville Navigation District, Texas on 11 August 1995. It is currently in use as ''Solomon Ortiz Dry Dock'' at Keppel AmFELS Shipyard, Brownsville, Texas.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=25.968212,-97.358426&spn=0.002537,0.003422&t=h&z=18 Recent Google Earth picture showing Los Alamos in service in Brownsville, TX]</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/los-alamos.html}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=AFDB7a}} |{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=AFDB7f}}}}—AFDB-7 Sections A–E & G, AFDB7 Section F
*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YFP14}}}}—YFP-14

== External links ==
* {{navsource|09/28/2807|Los Alamos}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816075241/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/afdb7.htm Naval Historical Center]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2rM4RjUEY Youtube, BATTLESHIP USS IDAHO REPAIRED AT ESPIRITU SANTO in 1944 in USS Artisan (ABSD-1)1]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ZFNvypj2o Youtube, August 15, 1944 mighty battleship Idaho at ABSD-1]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ0SM159nE0 Youtube, Floating Dry Docks WWII]

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