USS Artisan (AFDB-1)

USS *Artisan* (ABSD-1)
History
Artisan (ABSD-1) with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945
United States
Laid down:	1942 and 1943
Commissioned:	10 May 1943
Decommissioned:	1 March 1987
Reclassified:	Section C to IX-525, 2 March 1998 Section D to IX-521, 16 August 1996
Struck:	1 March 1987
Reinstated:	March 1987
Honors and awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal
Fate:	Sections A,G – J sold for scrap Section C sold 2010 Section D sold 2007 Section E sold Section F disposed of as a target
Status:	Section B laid up at NISMF, Pearl Harbor, 1 March 1987
General characteristics
Displacement:	38,500 (in ten sections)
Length:	927 ft (283 m) (in ten sections)
Beam:	256 ft 0 in (78.03 m)
Height:	9 ft (2.7 m) floated, 78 ft (24 m) flooded
Capacity:	90,000 tons lift
Complement:	690 officers and men
Armament:	none