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shipyard

[ship-yahrd] / ˈʃɪpˌjɑrd /
NOUN
dry dock
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Anduril has revamped a shipyard in Seattle for low-rate production.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Nowadays big ships are usually built in blocks - then welded together - meaning bits can be built in one shipyard, then transported to another for assembly.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

But the government had concluded that handing over the work to NVL, a shipyard acquired by Rheinmetall in March, would be too costly, the defence ministry said.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The offshore platform will be built by NSORe, mainly at a shipyard in the Rostock area.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

But when his illness didn’t subside, the doctor began to think that perhaps a hit on the head that Jimmie had experienced at the shipyard was the cause of his problems.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Exxon said a fifth massive oil-production vessel—capable of pumping 250,000 barrels a day—has set sail for Guyana from shipyards in Asia and is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Along with support vessels, the department said the naval programme would be "a once in a generation investment in new maritime capability", and provide work for British shipyards.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Ferretti builds luxury yachts under a series of brands including Riva, Pershing, Wally and Itama at seven shipyards in northern Italy.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

The Navy has four shipyards that service its nuclear fleet, and the two that service aircraft carriers are overloaded.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

“We’ll take the rest. We split up, meet back at the Red Hook shipyards, not Manhattan. That’s where they’ll be expecting us. Got it?”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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