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Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation when properties of the Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company of Hoboken, New Jersey were bought in 1916 by a syndicate headed by Bertron Griscom & Company of New York and placed under management of William H. Todd, president of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co., Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York. [6]
Armoured recovery vehicle based on Leopard-1 chassis (BPz-2 ARV). [58] [99] 95 M88A1 United States: Armored recovery vehicle of the Patton tanks family. [58] [100] 113 M578 United States: Armored recovery vehicle. [24] [101] Armored vehicle-launched bridges 16 Leopard-2 Leguan Germany: Armoured vehicle-launched bridge based on Leopard-2 chassis ...
The AEV 3 Kodiak shares a common powerplant (the MTU 873 Ka-501) with the Leopard 2 MBT. In common with the Leopard 2 MBT, the AEV 3 Kodiak is powered by a powerpack assembly consisting of an MTU 873 Ka-501 V-12 diesel coupled to a Renk HSWL 354 transmission. The rear-mounted powerpack weighs 2.59-tonnes (dry) and is designed engine first with ...
In 1892, the Detroit Dry Dock Company constructed a new dry dock near the foot of Orleans Street, just west of their original dry dock facility. [23] Dry Dock No. 2 was 378 feet (115 m) long, 20.5 feet (6.2 m) deep below the water line, with a width of between 91 feet (28 m) (at the top) and 55 feet (17 m) (at the bottom). [23]
Stridsvagn 122 (also known as Leopard 2A5S [255] and Leopard 2 "Improved" A5 SE [256]) is a Swedish Army tank based on the Leopard 2 Improved. 120 units were built, 91 of which were licence-produced in Sweden. The tank features increased armour on the turret top and front hull, and improved command-, control- and fire-control systems.
An auxiliary repair dock (ARD) is a type of floating drydock employed by the U.S. Navy, especially during World War II. The Navy commissioned 33 ARD vessels: ARD-1 through ARD-33. ARDs were self-sustaining in World War II. ARDs have a rudder to help in tow moving, making ARDs very mobile, and have a bow to cut through waves.
[11] [12] In the 1930s, the yard made some attempts to get oil tanker contracts [13] and a Navy destroyer contract, but lost bids to east coast shipyards. [14] Beginning 14 November 1936, there was an 87-day labor strike by 500 workers at several Los Angeles area yards, including Los Angeles SB&DDC.