History of American naval dry docks
Subtitle: a key ingredient to a maritime power
By: Richard D. Hepburn
Publisher: Noesis
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Arlington, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780974209104
Subjects: Dry docks; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The world's first dry docks; title: American shipyards emerge; title: The birth of the United States Navy and United States naval shipyards; title: A war and a new commitment for a Navy and new facilities; title: A new dry dock at the New York Navy Yard: largest in the world; title: More dry docks emerge and dry docks on the west coast emerge; title: Naval repair facility expansion plans continued on the east coast; title: The salvaging of the Merrimack in the Norfolk (Gosport) Navy Yard dry dock; title: Post war pause in the east, but continued expansion in the west; title: Post Civil War doldrums end and iron hulls mean more drydockings; title: The battleship age and a new global view; title: Global reach and the need for a forward deployed floating dry dock; title: Graving docks on the west coast and Hawaii become the priority; title: Panama Canal completes, World War I starts and dry dock construction surges; title: Preparations for another war; title: World War II begins; title: On the road to recovery and ultimate victory; title: Floating dry docks during World War II and beyond; title: Post World War II high water mark for U.S. Navy graving docks; title: Other U.S. Navy ship drydocking facilities; title: New innovations in ship transport and repair; title: A 21st century need lives on for this age old process; title: Conclusion: A maritime nation needs to remain aware of her required maritime capacity.