USS Endeavor (AFDL-1)

USS Endeavor was a 200-foot AFDL-1 Class Small Auxiliary floating drydock in service with the United States Navy during World War II. Built and delivered by Chicago Bridge and Iron in Morgan City, Louisiana in September 1943, she entered service as USS AFD-1. She was redesignated AFDL-1 on 1 August 1946. In 1986, she was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Dominican Republic and redesignated DF-1. She is currently in Active Service as of 2017.[1][2]

Sister ship of USS Endeavor AFDL-1, the USS Dynamic AFDL-6
History
USA
Name:	USS Endeavor AFDL-1
Builder:	Chicago Bridge and Iron
Acquired:	September 1943
Commissioned:	September 1943
In service:	1943
Fate:	Sold to Dominican Republic in 1986
Status:	In Active Service
Notes:	Ship International Radio Callsign: NFKD
General characteristics
Class and type:	AFDL-1-Class
Displacement:	800 tons
Length:	200 feet
Beam:	64 feet (inside width 45 feet)
Draft:	3' 3" (light), 31' 4" (flooded)
Propulsion:	none - towed
Armament:	none
Notes:	Lifting Capacity: 1,900 tons

It also shares the name with the Endeavour space shuttle, an orbital space vehicle used by NASA as an active participant in the construction of the International Space Station. Both vessels use the British English spelling of the word, rather than the American English form, in honor of the British HMS Endeavour, the ship of Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery (1768–1771).[3]