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USS Artisan (ABSD-1), later redesignated as (AFDB-1), was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the United States Navy.The only U.S. warship with this name, Artisan was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, in Everett, Washington; the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Eureka, California; the Pollock ...
USS Germantown (LSD-42) is the second Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown. Germantown was the first ship in the class to serve in the Pacific. The amphibious ship 's mission is to project power ashore by transporting and launching ...
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.
HNLMS Johan de Witt (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt) is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock [citation needed] of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. [2] The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006. [3]
Tournedos Rossini. Tournedos Rossini is a French steak dish consisting of beef tournedos [1] (filet mignon), pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, and topped with a slice of fresh foie gras [2] briefly pan-fried at the last minute. The dish is garnished with slices of black truffle and finished with sauce madère [fr], a Madeira -based ...
USS Oak Hill (LSD-7) was an Ashland -class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Oak Hill, the Virginia estate of President James Monroe (1758–1831). Oak Hill, originally designated as a Mechanized Artillery Transport, APM-7, was laid down by the Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, California, 9 March 1943; launched on 25 ...
The Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) located in Mobile, Alabama, was one of the largest marine production facilities in the United States during the 20th century. It began operation in 1917, and expanded dramatically during World War II; with 30,000 workers, including numerous African Americans and women, it became the largest ...
Numerous shipyards were located on the shores of Courtney Bay in the east end of Saint John Harbour where extensive mud flats dried at low tide.. In 1918 it was announced that the St. John Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. would be established as a subsidiary of the Canada Dredging Co., Ltd. of Midland, Ontario and would construct the largest drydock in the world.