A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that...
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This is a list of the largest dry docks in the world, including excavated and floating docks. "Dimensions and Capacity". alabamashipyard.com/facilities...
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would otherwise be dry land. There are specific types of dock structures where the water level is controlled: A wet dock or impounded dock is a variant in...
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Port of Hull (redirect from Hull Central Dry Dock, Hull)
Queen's Dock was later built in this area, and two dry docks remain: North Bridge Dry Dock and No. 1 Dry Dock to the north and south of Queen's Dock basin...
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auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under a ship...
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123°04′46″W / 49.309000°N 123.0795°W / 49.309000; -123.0795 Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. was a Canadian shipbuilding company headquartered in North Vancouver...
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Brooklyn Navy Yard (redirect from Cob Dock)
followed by Dry Dock 2 in 1887, Dry Dock 3 in 1897, Dry Dock 4 in 1913, and Dry Docks 5 and 6 in 1941. Dry Docks 1, 5, and 6 are the only dry docks that remain...
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providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more...
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Polhemsdockan, the Polhem dry dock, is situated in the World heritage Örlogsstaden Karlskrona, was built in 1717–1724 and was the first dry dock in Sweden. It is...
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War II that built destroyers and landing craft. Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded July 24, 1917, as a subsidiary of United States Steel...
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