drydock
Vessel repair basin
A drydock is an enclosure that can be drained of water, allowing ships to be built, repaired, or inspected below the waterline.
The vessel enters while the dock is flooded, then the water is pumped out, leaving the hull accessible.
As a verb, to drydock a ship is to put it in such a facility: The destroyer was drydocked for hull repairs.
Concave water receptacle
Complete systematic repair
- refitEquip again for service
- restorationReturning something to condition
- patchingRepairing by covering
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
replating · caulking · refurbishment · reconditioning · retrofitting · recommissioning
Constructing maritime vessels
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- outfittingSupplying with necessary gear
- launchingSetting something in motion
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
Seagoing transport vessel
- hullOuter covering or frame
- keelHull's structural base
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
- rudderPivoting stern blade
stern · bow · waterline · bilge · freighter · tanker · submarine · yacht
Pigment on canvas
- antifoulingMarine growth prevention
- scrapingRubbing away material
- sandblastingCleaning surfaces with pressurized grit
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
basin
Concave water receptacle
overhaul
Complete systematic repair
- refitEquip again for service
- restorationReturning something to condition
- patchingRepairing by covering
welding · replating · caulking · refurbishment · reconditioning · retrofitting · recommissioning
shipbuilding
Constructing maritime vessels
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- outfittingSupplying with necessary gear
- launchingSetting something in motion
scaffolding · crane · welding · rigging · framing
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
rudder · stern · bow · waterline · bilge · freighter · tanker · submarine · yacht · tugboat
painting
Pigment on canvas
- antifoulingMarine growth prevention
- scrapingRubbing away material
- sandblastingCleaning surfaces with pressurized grit
- Naval Basesnaval station, naval base, submarine base, naval port, naval shipyard
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- industrial sitesfactory floor, oil refinery, factories, petrochemical plants, plants
- New England coastlobster trap, lobster boat, lobster roll, Cape Cod, clambake
- Port Termspier, wharf, quay, jetty, harbor
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
drydockfloating dock
Buoyant mooring platform
harbor · marina · open water · anchorage · berth