dry dock
Example Sentences
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The marine logistics group may take about three years instead of four years to deliver a S$198 million vessel, and its new dry dock operation could ramp up faster than anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
After more than four decades of delay, the first such submarine, Swiftsure, has had its reactor removed and is currently being taken apart in a dry dock.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
California’s coastal salmon industry already is in dry dock.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
It left its berth in Camden, New Jersey, en route to Philadelphia, where it was guided into dry dock to undergo two months of repairs that can only be completed out of water.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
The boat is in dry dock & the hole is above the waterline.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
