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

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

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

Through that window he could watch his Western Star graving in the graving dock.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The largest ships can enter the harbour, which has a minimum depth of 30 ft.; it has two dry docks, a graving dock and a floating dry dock.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various