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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.
Mobile Government Plaza is a high-rise in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. The building is owned by Mobile County Commission and has several tenants including the City of Mobile and local courts [ 6 ] Completed in 1994 at a cost of US$73 million, the building rises 325 feet (99 m) and 12 stories at its highest point.
Floating dock № 152 225 36.6 * * [99] Floating dock № 154 225 36.6 * * Floating dock № 5 ZH-B 90.9 23.5 * * Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries: United Kingdom: Belfast: Building Dock 556 93.0 8.4 * * [100] Belfast Dry Dock 335 50.3 12.2 * Able UK: United Kingdom: Teesside 376 233 12.15
The city was ceded to Great Britain in 1763, and under British rule the colony continued as part of West Florida. Spain captured Mobile during the American Revolutionary War in 1780, with the Battle of Fort Charlotte. [4] The city first became a part of the United States in 1813, following the U.S. seizure of Spanish West Florida during the War ...
Old City Hall, also known as the Southern Market, is a historic complex of adjoining buildings in Mobile, Alabama, that currently houses the History Museum of Mobile. The complex was built from 1855 to 1857 to serve as a city hall and as a marketplace. [ 3 ]
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Floating dock (impounded), a development of the half tide dock, where pumps or river flow are used to maintain the dock at around the high tide level of a nearby tidal waterway Floating dock (jetty) , a lightweight quay or jetty, floating on pontoons, that rises and falls with the tide and shipping