USS ABSD-5 at Manicani Island, in July 1945, move to Sabine Shipyard in 1984.One Advance Base Sectional Dock (ABSD) section under tow in 1944USS Artisan (ABSD-1), USS ABSD-5 sister ship, with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945, before moving to Manicani Island
Bethlehem Sabine Shipyard, or Sabine Shipyard was a 223-acre shipyard of Bethlehem Steel in Port Arthur, Texas. The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Sabine Shipyard opened in August 1985. The yard serviced offshore drilling rigs and ships. The Sabine Shipyard had a nation's largest floating drydock.[1] Bethlehem purchased the United States Navy surplus drydock, USS ABSD-5 that was at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USS ABSD-5 seven-sections were tugged to the Sabine Yard arriving in December 1984. USS ABSD-5 has a lift capacity of 64,000 tons.[2][3]
In 1995 the Bethlehem Sabine Shipyard was sold to Texas Drydock Inc. Texas Drydock Inc headquarters is in Gulfport, Mississippi.[4]
In 2005 Sembcorp Marine of Singapore purchased the Sabine yard, renaming the yard SembCorp-Sabine Shipyard. Sembcorp saw the demand for rig repair after damage done by hurricane Katrina. SembCorp has yards in Singapore, China and Brazil.[5]
^Bethlehem Steel Dedicates Its New Sabine Yard In Port Arthur, Texas Maritime Reporter, Dec. 1985
^Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946 Chapter IX, Floating Drydocks
^navsource, AFDB-5, ex USS ABSD-5 Sections, A through G
^U.S. Department
of Transportation Maritime Administration Report on Survey of U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities, 2001
^SembCorp buys Sabine yard, September 2005, Jim Mulrenan
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