page_title: USS Artisan
hierarchical_section_title: USS Artisan
caption_attribution_description: USS Artisan (ABSD-1) with Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945.
context_page_description: USS Artisan, later redesignated as, was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy. The only U.S. warship of its name, Artisan was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, in Everett, Washington; the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Eureka, California; the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company, in Stockton, California; and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Morgan City, Louisiana. This ship was commissioned at Everett, Washington, on 10 May 1943, Captain Andrew R. Mack in command. With all ten sections joined, she was 927 feet long, 28 feet tall, and with an inside clear width of 133 feet 7 inches.
  Each section was 3,850 tons and 93 feet long, with a 165-foot beam, a 75-feet molded depth, and 10,000 tons of lifting capacity. Each had four ballast compartments.
  ABSD-1 had a traveling 15-ton capacity crane with an 85-foot radius and six capstans for pulling, each rated at 24,000 lbf at 30 ft/min, four of which were reversible. It was generally deployed with two or more support barges.
context_section_description: USS Artisan (ABSD-1), later redesignated as (AFDB-1), was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy. The only U.S. warship of its name, Artisan was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, in Everett, Washington; the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Eureka, California; the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company, in Stockton, California; and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Morgan City, Louisiana. This ship was commissioned at Everett, Washington, on 10 May 1943, Captain Andrew R. Mack in command. With all ten sections joined, she was 927 feet long, 28 feet tall (keel to welldeck), and with an inside clear width of 133 feet 7 inches.
  Each section was 3,850 tons and 93 feet long, with a 165-foot beam, a 75-feet molded depth, and 10,000 tons of lifting capacity. Each had four ballast compartments.
  ABSD-1 had a traveling 15-ton capacity crane with an 85-foot radius and six capstans for pulling, each rated at 24,000 lbf (110,000 N) at 30 ft/min (0.15 m/s), four of which were reversible. It was generally deployed with two or more support barges.
  Under tow, the two side walls were folded down to reduce wind resistance and lower the center of gravity.
caption: Artisan with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945
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