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U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in a graving dock
A US Navy littoral combat ship in drydock, NASSCO 2012

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 load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.

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Dry dock

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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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Auxiliary floating drydock

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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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List of dry docks

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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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Dock

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A boat dock on Lake Michigan in Chicago. Docks along San Francisco Bay in Tiburon, California Floating dock at Mohonk Mountain House Dry dock: a narrow...

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Port of Hull

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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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Newport News Shipbuilding

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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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Brooklyn Navy Yard

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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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Burrard Dry Dock

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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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Polhem dry dock

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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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Port of Kolkata

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Dock. Dry Dock No. 1, Dry Dock No. 2 and Dry Dock No. 3 of Kidderpore Dock have 184, 138 and 125 kill blocks respectively, and Dry Dock No. 1 and Dry...

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Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

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first drydock, which collapsed before opening in 1913. After rebuilding, Dry Dock #1 was opened August 21, 1919. Through these years, the shipyard was just...

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Vigor Shipyards

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6715; -74.013). William H. Todd purchased the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company in 1916. Robins Dry Dock was founded in 1869, as Handren and Robins. The company...

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Boston Navy Yard

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Museum. Dry Dock No. 1 is still used for ship maintenance for Constitution and Cassin Young. In May 2015, Constitution entered the dry dock for three...

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Duqm Port

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miles) south of capital Muscat, is equipped with a ship repair yard and dry dock facility. Overlooking the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Port of...

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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

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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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Norfolk Naval Shipyard

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Boston and South America, making it the first functional dry dock in the Americas. Dry Dock One, as it is referred to today, is still operational and...

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St Nazaire Raid

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Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France during the Second World War. The...

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King George V Graving Dock

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King George V Graving Dock, also known as No. 7 Dry Dock, is a former dry dock situated in Southampton's Western Docks. It was designed by F.E. Wentworth-Shields...

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Singapore Naval Base

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miles (54 km2) and had what was then the largest dry dock in the world, the third-largest floating dock, and enough fuel tanks to support the entire Royal...

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Moore Dry Dock Company

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122°17′24.5″W / 37.796972°N 122.290139°W / 37.796972; -122.290139 Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California...

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Long Beach Naval Shipyard

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support its industrial work. Dry dock No. 1 was designated the West Coast nuclear powered aircraft carrier (CVN) emergency dry dock. Long Beach NSY was placed...

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USS Constitution

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Harbor. USS Constitution in dry dock for restoration work in 2016 USS Constitution in dock, 2018 USS Constitution docked in April 2022 with the Boston...

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Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard

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Maryland in 1815. In 1899 the shipyard was renamed Skinner Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Also at the site was Malster & Reanie started in 1870 by William...

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Bay Shipbuilding Company

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Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) is a shipyard and dry dock company in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. As of 2015, Bay Ships was a subsidiary of Fincantieri...

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BAE Systems Electronic Systems

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BAE Systems Electronic Systems (ES) is one of three operating groups of BAE Systems Inc., the North American subsidiary of the British global defence contractor...

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HMNB Portsmouth

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Lower Wet Dock (by then known as the Great Basin) was deepened, the Great Stone Dock was rebuilt and a new dry dock (known today as No 4 dock) was built...

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