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2. Gaza floating pier - Wikipedia

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   Gaza floating pier. The Gaza floating pier was a floating dock facility created by the U.S. military after being proposed immediately before U.S. President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address on March 7, 2024. It was in use between May and July 2024. It was constructed by U.S. military forces based on ships offshore of the Gaza Strip, then ...

3. How the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock ...

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   They received their orders before the speech: Build a floating dock off the Gaza coast to provide food and other desperately needed assistance to residents of Gaza. The aid is needed because ...

4. 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 ...

5. Dock - Wikipedia

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   A floating dry dock (sometimes just floating dock) is a submersible structure which lifts ships out of the water to allow dry docking where no land-based facilities are available. Where the water level is not controlled berths may be: Floating, where there is always sufficient water to float the ship.

6. Float (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Float (nautical) Floats (also called pontoons) are airtight hollow structures, similar to pressure vessels, designed to provide buoyancy in water. Their principal applications are in watercraft hulls, aircraft floats, floating piers, pontoon rhinos, pontoon bridges, and marine engineering applications such as salvage.

7. 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.