PD-50
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PD-50, Soviet designation Project 7454, was a Russian large floating dry dock built at the Götaverken Arendal shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden and commissioned in the 1980s. At the time, it was the worl
PD-50 (left) in Roslyakovo, August 2016
Admiral Kuznetsov dry-docked in PD-50, June 2015
Dry dock
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A dry dock is used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft. There are several basic types of dry docks: Graving or Basin Docks, Floating Dry Docks, Marine R
PD-50
…PD-50 (Russian: ПД-50), Soviet designation Project 7454, was a Russian large floating dry dock built at the Götaverken Arendal shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden and commissioned in the 1980s. At the time, it was the world's largest floating dry dock…
U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in a graving dock
A US Navy littoral combat ship in a floating drydock, NASSCO 2012
A US Navy frigate on a marine railway drydock
Floating Dock. Woodcut from Venice (1560)