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2. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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   Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL), also known as Auxiliary Floating Docks (AFD), were 288 ft (88 m) long, had a beam of 64 ft (20 m), and draft of 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) empty and 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) flooded to load a ship. A normal crew was 60 men. AFDL displacement was 1,200 tons and could lift 1,900 tons.

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. 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.

5. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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   A downside of floating dry docks is that unscheduled sinkings and off-design dives may take place, as with the Russian dock PD-50 in 2018. [ 21 ] The " Hughes Mining Barge ", or HMB-1, is a covered, floating drydock that is also submersible to support the secret transfer of a mechanical lifting device underneath the Glomar Explorer ship, as ...

6. Glass float - Wikipedia

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   A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy.

7. 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.