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An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. 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.
Admiralty Floating Dock No. 2 - Haslar Creek (HMS Dolphin) from 1906: 1000 tons net capacity, designed to lift submarines; built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim. Admiralty Floating Dock No. 3- Dover, 1912, designed to lift three submarines. 290 ft, 1600 tons; Admiralty Floating Dock No. 4 - Medway, 680 ft, 32,000 tons lifting capacity
A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.
April 6, 2024. Completion date. May 16, 2024. Opening date. May 17, 2024. The Gaza floating pier is a floating dock facility created by the U.S. military, after being proposed immediately before U.S. President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address on March 7, 2024. It was completed in May 2024.
This is a list of the largest dry docks in the world, including excavated and floating docks.
The Expeditionary Transfer Dock concept is a large auxiliary support ship to facilitate the 'seabasing' of an amphibious landing force by acting as a floating base or transfer station that can be prepositioned off the target area.