SEAGOING DOCKS
+ ABLE TO SERVICE BATTLE FLEET. CONSTRUCTION IN UNITED STATES. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, April 3. Seagoing “battleship drydocks” unlike anything previously seen are almost ready to go out with the American Fleet/ stated. Admiral Morrel, the Navy’s engineering chief. The new dock can be altered for self-propulsion. They are designed in sections like ships and will be towed at a speed of 10 knots. The sidewalls can be floated up and the sections joined together in case of emergency. They are able to carry out repairs near a scene of bajtle. Smaller versions have been built for cruisers and des- ■ troyers. The Navy’s construction programme includes 183 such drydocks costing 511 million dollars.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1943, Page 2
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