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USS Waterford (ARD-5) was an Auxiliary floating drydock that served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. She later served the Chilean Navy as Talcahuano (133) .
Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-5-class Medium Auxiliary floating drydock for repair and serviced the United States Navy. Arco was laid down on 9 May 1983 by Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, and launched on 14 December 1984. She was placed in service on 23 June 1986 at Naval Base San Diego.
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. The ship becomes blocked on the deck of the floating dry dock for repair. Most floating dry docks have no engine and are towed by tugboats ...
Jul. 16—A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and relocated to the Port of Brownsville in the 1990s has been retired. The advanced base sectional dock ...
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Arco for Arco, Idaho. USS Arco (ARD-29) was an auxiliary repair dock, originally named USS ARD-29, later loaned, then sold, to Iran. Arco (ARDM-5) is an ARDM-1-class floating dry dock, currently in service.
During the Cold War over 100 United States Maritime Administration (MarAd) standard designs were converted to US Navy auxiliaries: [A 5] 8 Type C1 ships: 1 AF, 5 AGM, [A 6] 2 AGS [A 7] 3 Type C2 ship: 2 AE, 1 AG [A 8] 4 Type C3 ships / CVEs: all AKV; 4 Type C4 ships: 1 AG, [A 9] 3 AGM [A 10] 8 Type C5 ships: 3 ACS, 3 AK, 2 AVB; 7 Type C6 ships ...
ARD-12-class floating drydocks (8 P) Pages in category "Floating drydocks of the United States Navy" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Dry Dock № 3 221.0 37.0 10.5 * Dry Dock № 2 151.3 32.06 11.4 * Dry Dock № 1 99.2 26.3 7.8 * General Dynamics Electric Boat: United States of America: Groton, Connecticut: Graving Dock № 2 205.7 27.7 10.7 * * * [102] Graving Dock № 1 170.0 19.8 10.7 * * Land Level Facility Graving Dock 188.1 29.4 10.7 * * Floating Dry Dock 187 42.7 13. ...