shipyard
Maritime construction facility
A shipyard is a facility where ships are built, repaired, or dismantled.
Large shipyards contain drydocks, cranes, and workshops for constructing vessels from keel to launch.
The word combines the nautical with the industrial: The shipyard employed thousands during the war.
Naval shipyards build military vessels; commercial shipyards handle cargo ships and tankers.
Drained basin for hull work
- slipwayInclined shore for launching
- keelHull's structural base
- craneLifter or wader
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
scaffolding · berth · welding · fabrication · assembly · steelwork · plating · riveting
Armed naval vessel
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
carrier · submarine · frigate · battleship · cruiser · clipper · steamship · trawler
Equip again for service
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- retrofittingUpdating existing with new
- restorationReturning something to condition
reconditioning · inspection · servicing · painting · patching · upgrading · conversion · decommissioning
All available workers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- productionMaking or generating something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
machinery · automation · logistics · union · shift · blue-collar · forge · foundry
Safe anchorage for ships
- portDocking place for ships
- wharfShip docking structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- pierWaterfront landing structure
anchorage · mooring · waterfront · dockland · basin · tide · channel · seafront
One who fuses metals
- riveterOne who fastens metal
- boatbuilderVessel construction craftsperson
- caulkerOne who seals joints
- fitterMore physically capable
carpenter · plater · ironworker · joiner · rigger · foreman · dockmaster · naval architect
drydock
Drained basin for hull work
gantry · scaffolding · berth · welding · fabrication · assembly · steelwork · plating · riveting · bulkhead
warship
Armed naval vessel
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
destroyer · carrier · submarine · frigate · battleship · cruiser · clipper · steamship · trawler · barge
refit
Equip again for service
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- retrofittingUpdating existing with new
restoration · reconditioning · inspection · servicing · painting · patching · upgrading · conversion · decommissioning · scrapping
workforce
All available workers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- productionMaking or generating something
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
factory · machinery · automation · logistics · union · shift · blue-collar · forge · foundry · heavy industry
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
pier · anchorage · mooring · waterfront · dockland · basin · tide · channel · seafront · estuary
welder
One who fuses metals
- riveterOne who fastens metal
- boatbuilderVessel construction craftsperson
- caulkerOne who seals joints
fitter · carpenter · plater · ironworker · joiner · rigger · foreman · dockmaster · naval architect · patternmaker
- maritime communitysailors, fishermen, captain, crew, dock workers
- naval affairsadmiralty, naval command, naval operations, naval regulations, naval bases
- marine structuresoffshore platform, oil platform, oil rig, drilling platform, jetty
- maritime groupsport authority, coastguard, navy, merchant marine, yacht club
- maritimeboat, boats, anchors, sailor, harbor
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
shipyardscrapyard
Salvage lot for vehicles
ship graveyard · salvage yard · boneyard · wrecking yard · junkyard
shipyardmarina
Recreational vessel harbor
yacht harbor · boat slip · moorage · anchorage · dry storage
- naval shipyardsMilitary vessel construction sites