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2. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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   Auxiliary floating drydock. An 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 in need of repair below the water line. Water is then pumped out of the floating dry dock, raising the ship out of the water.

3. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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   A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cables. [ 1] Frequently used in marinas, this type of pier maintains a fixed ...

4. 1000-ton Floating Dock - Wikipedia

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   Height. 25.26 ft (7.70 m) Draught. 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) Capacity. 1,000 tons. The 1000-ton Floating Dock was a class of floating dry docks built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1940 and 1944.

5. USS AFDM-2 - Wikipedia

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   USS AFDM-2, (former YFD-4 ), is an AFDM-3 -class medium auxiliary floating drydock built in Mobile, Alabama by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company for the U.S. Navy. Originally named USS YFD-4, Yard Floating Dock-4, she operated by Todd Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana for the repair of US ships during World War II.

6. Category : Floating drydocks of the United States Navy

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   USS Alamogordo. Arco (ARDM-5) USS ARD-1. USS ARD-10. USS ARD-17. USS Arco (ARD-29) ARDC-13. USS Artisan. Auxiliary floating drydock.

7. Shippingport (ARDM-4) - Wikipedia

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   96 ft (29.3 m) Propulsion. None. Shippingport (ARDM-4) is an ARDM-4 -class United States Navy Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock. She is one of the Navy's two medium auxiliary repair dry docks, and was the first floating dry dock built for the US Navy since World War II. [ 1] Laid down in 1977, delivered and placed in service on 4 January 1979 ...