YFD-62 Auxiliary floating drydock was built at the
Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Shipyard, in
Everett,
Washington in 1944. She was
commissioned in June 1944. In 1945, the dry dock was re-designated as AFDM-6. while steaming towards
Subic Bay that day, the crew discovered several leaks in the ship's hull. Moving immediately into dry dock
AFDM-6 at
Subic Bay, the rusted plating was repaired by work crews and
Carpenter returned to
Yankee Station on 5 November 1971. In 1972, was dry docked after being the first ship to be bombed during the
Vietnam War. From 14 to 22 August 1975, returned to Subic Bay to have a hole in her shaft repaired while on the blocks in
AFDM-6. In 1979, she as given the name
Competent. On 16 January 1984, entered the floating drydock
Competent for a restricted availability. was dry docked from 9 May until 1 July 1986. From 20 May until 24 June 1987, the underwent dry docking inside
Competent. On 1 March 1988,
Los Angeles was again dry docked for Selected Restricted Availability and undocked on 11 May.
Bremerton started the year 1995 in drydock aboard
Competent. She was
decommissioned in August 1997 and later stricken from the
Naval Register on 21 August. The dry dock was donated to a private company to be used in
Kalaeloa. LAter sold to PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line to be operated in
Batam,
Indonesia. == Awards ==