dry docking
Vessel out-of-water maintenance
Dry docking is the process of bringing a ship into a dry dock—a basin that can be drained of water—for inspection, maintenance, or repair of the hull below the waterline.
The term extends to any major overhaul that takes equipment out of service: The aircraft carrier is in dry dock for six months.
As slang, dry docking refers to sex without lubrication.
- shipyardVessel construction site
- hullOuter covering or frame
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- keelHull's structural base
below the waterline · barnacles · propeller · scaffolding · bilge · welding · scraping · inspection · graving · tide · berth · anchor · maritime · vessel · overhaul · careening · slipway · crane
- ship operationsanchoring, berthing, undocking, mooring, steering
- shipyard workhull repair, ship repair, fitting out, launching, ship launch
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, hull, hulls