graving dock
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In Sydney harbor, Australia's one important naval base, a new graving dock will soon be able to repair the largest battleships.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the news was published that the Government intended to send one of the floating docks, surrendered by Germany, to Singapore instead of building a costly graving dock.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King George V graving dock, only one in England big enough to accommodate giantesses like the Queen Mary, was out of commission with smashed floodgates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through that window he could watch his Western Star graving in the graving dock.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
There are also a graving dock 500 ft. long, a depositing dock accommodating vessels of 16 ft. draught, and two electric cranes each able to lift 150 tons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
