22,000-ton, solid trough type drydock, 654 ft long, and 100 ft wide inside wing walls, built by Bethlehem Steel Co in 1943; dock was launched in three sections; it has 16 water tight compartments which can be filled or emptied individually so ships of different sizes can be hauled; dock is self-docking in that end sections can be detached and used to raise center section, and center section used to dock end sections.


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    Titel :

    Floating drydock -- Vital factor in today's ship repair program


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Beteiligte:
    Forster, R.A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1947


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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