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Dry Docks: Dry Docks of the United States Navy, Drydock, Louis Joubert Lock, USS Artisan, USS Los Alamos, USS Dewey, USS Adept, USS Arco

Dry Docks: Dry Docks of the United States Navy, Drydock, Louis Joubert Lock, USS Artisan, USS Los Alamos, USS Dewey, USS Adept, USS Arco


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dry Docks of the United States Navy, Drydock, Louis Joubert Lock, Uss Artisan, Uss Los Alamos, Uss Dewey, Uss Adept, Uss Arco, Calliope Dock, Elbe 17, Dubai Drydocks. Excerpt: A drydock (also commonly dry dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Drydocks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft. According to the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis (V 204c-d), the drydock was invented in Ptolemaic Egypt, some time after the death of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 Be: Since Athenaeus recorded the event 400 years later (around 200 AD), there is sufficient reason to believe that drydocks had been known throughout classical antiquity. The Roman shipyard at Narni, Italy, which is still studied may have served as a dry dock. Drydocks appeared in China by 1070 A.D. In 1088, Song Dynasty scientist and statesman Shen Kuo (10311095) wrote in his Dream Pool Essays: Floating Dock. Woodcut from Venice (1560).The first known Western European and oldest surviving drydock was commissioned by Henry VII of England at HMNB Portsmouth in 1495 (see Tudor navy). This drydock currently holds the world's oldest commissioned warship, HMS Victory. Possibly the earliest description of a floating dock comes from a small Italian book printed in Venice in 1560, called Descrittione dell'artifitiosa machina. In the booklet, an unknown author asks for the privilege of using a new method for the salvaging of a grounded ship and then proceeds to describe and illustrate his approach. The included woodcut shows a ship flanked by two large floating trestles, forming a roof above the vessel. The ship ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=213739


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158047819
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 73 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158047819
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Dry Docks of the United States Navy, Drydock, Louis Joubert Lock, USS Artisan, USS Los Alamos, USS Dewey, USS Adept, USS Arco
  • Width: 229 mm


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