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

In the area enclosed are the Victoria basin, covering 64 acres, the Alfred basin of 8� acres, a graving dock 529 ft. long and a patent slip for vessels up to 1500 tons.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various