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shipyard

[ship-yahrd] / ˈʃɪpˌjɑrd /
NOUN
dry dock
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America’s most ambitious project to date involves South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, which purchased a shipyard in Philadelphia about two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Anduril earlier this month won a $2.9 billion US Navy contract to build components for the US Navy's Virginia-class submarine and said it will build a new submarine shipyard in the US.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

In Philadelphia, a $5 billion shipyard project needs more space for shipbuilding, and faces challenges attracting more customers beyond its owner, South Korea’s Hanwha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In Philadelphia, a $5 billion shipyard project needs more space for shipbuilding, and has challenges attracting more customers beyond its owner, Korean company Hanwha Shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

One is the all-metal interior, containing the inmates; it’s painted gray and looks as though it could have been welded in a shipyard.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Glasgow's shipyards once made the city synonymous with building things for the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The docks form part of a wider £15bn upgrade programme for the Royal Navy's shipyards and are expected to come into service in the early 2030s.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Liberty Ship program used 18 American shipyards to produce more than 2,700 ships from a common design in four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The next frontier could be building nuclear-powered ships in American shipyards, another administration goal as it looks for ways to revive the dying domestic shipbuilding sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“It seems impossible to escape the conclusion that employment in the shipyards and governmental establishments in the Hampton Roads area will be drastically curtailed,” commented the Washington Post.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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