graving dock
Vessel repair basin
A graving dock is a narrow basin where ships are brought for cleaning, painting, or repair of their hulls.
The dock can be sealed off and drained, allowing workers to access the entire underside of the vessel.
The name comes from the older sense of grave meaning to clean a ship's bottom.
The freighter entered the graving dock for scheduled maintenance.
- shipyardVessel construction site
- naval shipyardMilitary vessel construction site
- caissonWatertight underwater enclosure
- repairRestore to working order
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
dockyard · cofferdams · careen · maintenance · vessel · caulking · refit · hull · below the waterline · antifouling · ship repair · maritime · overhaul · dewatering · inspection · boat lift · seawater · propeller
- harbor facilitiesdocks, pier, jetty, wharf, wharves
- naval facilitiesnaval base, naval bases, naval station, naval stations, naval docks
- Shipyardships, boats, drydock, slipway, berths
- dry dock workcradles
- dry docksdrydock, floating dock, caisson, dewatering, pump house
- shipyardsshipyard, shipyards, drydock, dockyards, navy yards
water management method
graving docktidal basin
Harbor pool that ebbs
loading dock · anchorage · wharf · quay · pier
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