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dry dock a basin-like structure that is large enough to admit a ship and that can be pumped dry for work on the ship's bottom dry dock [′drī ‚däk] (civil engineering) A dock providing support for a vessel and a means for removing the water so that the bottom of the vessel can be exposed. |
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| The Brooklyn Navy Yard also maintains six dry-docks and four piers active with maritime industrial uses. 3 million square-feet of waterfront space, which includes 6 dry-docks and 5 shipping piers, has a phenomenally high occupancy rate of nearly 95 percent. Bollinger is the largest vessel repair company in the Gulf of Mexico region with a total of 42 dry-docks in Louisiana and Texas. |
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