dry dock
Emptied repair berth
A dry dock is an enclosed basin that can be drained of water, allowing ships to be inspected, repaired, or built while resting on supports.
The vessel enters through floodgates, which close before pumps remove the water.
As a verb, to dry-dock a ship is to bring it into such a facility: The carrier was dry-docked for hull repairs.
Complete systematic repair
- refitEquip again for service
- sandblastingCleaning surfaces with pressurized grit
- paintingPigment on canvas
- servicingPerforming routine maintenance
restoration · reconditioning · inspection · antifouling · welding · caulking · preservation · recommissioning
Concave water receptacle
Outer covering or frame
- keelHull's structural base
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- rudderPivoting stern blade
propeller · bulkhead · plating · frame · waterline · draft · bilge · freeboard
Vessel construction craftsman
- boatyardVessel construction site
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- craneLifter or wader
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
scaffolding · rigging · construction · launching · outfitting · blueprint · fabrication · project management
Close-range basket attempt
- winterizationPreparing for cold months
- shrink-wrapPlastic packaging that tightens
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- mothballingPreserving while inactive
ashore · blocked · cradled · stands · shoring · long-term storage
overhaul
Complete systematic repair
- refitEquip again for service
- sandblastingCleaning surfaces with pressurized grit
- paintingPigment on canvas
servicing · restoration · reconditioning · inspection · antifouling · welding · caulking · preservation · recommissioning
basin
Concave water receptacle
slipway · haul-out · sluice · cofferdam · floodgate · staging
hull
Outer covering or frame
rudder · propeller · bulkhead · plating · frame · waterline · draft · bilge · freeboard · shaft
shipwright
Vessel construction craftsman
gantry · scaffolding · rigging · construction · launching · outfitting · blueprint · fabrication · project management · workforce
layup
Close-range basket attempt
- winterizationPreparing for cold months
- shrink-wrapPlastic packaging that tightens
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
mothballing · ashore · blocked · cradled · stands · shoring · long-term storage
- ship inspectionsengine check, safety audit, annual survey, pollution check
- ship repairhull repair, damage control, pipe fitting, spare parts
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- commercial propertiesoffice, storefront, retail space, warehouse, shopping mall
- harborpier, piers, wharf, wharves, quay
- harbor thingswharf, pier, quay, lighthouse, shipyard
dry docktidal basin
Harbor pool that ebbs
open water · at sea · afloat · waterborne · launched
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