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Ships out of Water: SFW Photos of drydock infrastructure and the ships in them.


SFW unless you are bothered by photos of ships out of water exposing their hulls. Floating drydocks, graving docks, slipways and shipyard transporters.

  • Dutch: droog dok, drijvend dok
  • French: câle sèche, bassin de radoub
  • German: schwimmdock, trockendock
  • Italian: bacino di carenaggio
  • Portuguese: doca seca
  • Russian: сухой док
  • Spanish: dique seco, dique flotante

Submission Rules:

  • Title should include ship's name, location, and date (if known).
  • Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title.
  • Imgur albums are allowed if they pertain to a single ship. Include size of largest image in [brackets].
  • Only submit static images, albums, or gifs.
  • Videos, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
  • Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.
  • Make sure your image is hosted by an approved host.

    • If you took the photo yourself, you can signify this by using the tag [OC] (original content) and after 24 hours you will be given special flair. If you don't receive flair after a few days feel free to message the mods.
  • Regarding reposts: it is not a repost unless it was posted to /r/drydockporn less than three months ago, or if it's already in the top 100 of all time.

  • If you have any questions check out the FAQ.


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    USS MINNESOTA (BB-22) in Drydock in Philidelphia October 1918 after hitting a German mine off Fenwick Island Del.

    3 Comments
    2024/11/14
    14:39 UTC

    175

    USS Chosin (CG-65) in floating dry dock, Harbor Island, Seattle, June 2021 [1920x1080]

    0 Comments
    2024/11/09
    03:28 UTC

    105

    USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) at NASSCO, San Diego, 2022. [1080x1126]

    Credit goes to USS Curtis Wilbur PAO.

    1 Comment
    2024/11/08
    10:29 UTC

    161

    USS Winslow TB-5 Torpedo boat Bow view with anther TB behind it Drydock in 1897 @ the Brooklyn Navy yard (3000x1875)

    1 Comment
    2024/10/17
    14:51 UTC

    245

    [2160 x 1618] Northern Fleet Project 949A Antey/Oscar II-class SSGN Orel (K-266) in the Project 7454-class floating dry dock PD-50. Note the cruciform vortex attenuators.

    8 Comments
    2024/10/16
    05:39 UTC

    88

    USS Winslow TB-5 One of the first USN Torpedo boats / later Torpedo boat destroyers / later Destroyers in Drydock in 1897 @ the Brooklyn Navy yard (957x768)

    3 Comments
    2024/10/15
    13:29 UTC

    534

    A US Navy 18,000 ton capacity floating dry dock is towed through Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, 25 June 1945. [5716x4564]

    5 Comments
    2024/09/27
    10:55 UTC

    55

    Unprotected cruiser USS MARBLEHEAD (C-11) In dry-dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, about 1900. [5395x4345]

    3 Comments
    2024/09/26
    11:21 UTC

    112

    USS Mansfield (DD-728) drydocked in Sasebo, Japan, after hitting a mine near Wonsan, Korea, on September 30, 1950. It received a temporary bow before heading to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington for permanent repairs. NavalHistoria on FB [987x678]

    3 Comments
    2024/09/25
    22:15 UTC

    81

    USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) shifted berths while in a floating dry dock at NASSCO, San Diego to make room for the launch of a new T-AO ship. Sept 20, 2024. USS Chung Hoon is getting AN/SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP Block 3 and other major upgrades [1536 x 2048]

    2 Comments
    2024/09/21
    13:39 UTC

    50

    USS Hartford in Steam sloop HARTFORD in dry dock during reconstruction at Mare Island, California, 1895-1899. (USN Historical collection) res: [1280x1280]

    0 Comments
    2024/09/18
    13:24 UTC

    168

    USS Hartford in floating drydock Mare Island Navy Yard, California, about 1885. (USN Historical collection) res: [1280x1280]

    4 Comments
    2024/09/18
    13:21 UTC

    262

    Ohio-class SSBN USS Alaska (SSBN 732) in the TRIREFFACKB Dry Dock in May 2020 after completing an extended repair and maintenance period.

    12 Comments
    2024/09/09
    14:23 UTC

    105

    USS HORNET (CV-8). Starboard quarter view taken while in Dry Dock No. 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Virginia. Taken on 3 March 1941, during her construction. [1621 x 1288]

    3 Comments
    2024/09/09
    03:54 UTC

    268

    No drydock needed, the Windfarm Installation Vessel M/V Wind Peak on its jack-up legs at its builders yard during trials. [2400x1350]

    23 Comments
    2024/08/23
    16:04 UTC

    235

    HMS Cardiff moved onto semi-submersible barge in Glasgow ahead of ‘launch’ [OC]

    6 Comments
    2024/08/21
    10:42 UTC

    198

    Screenshot of Leopard Project 971 Shchuka-B nuclear-powered attack submarine being withdrawn from the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Severodvinsk.

    2 Comments
    2024/08/18
    01:54 UTC

    107

    HMS Mersey, a Royal Navy OPV, has been fitted with a transom flap to improve fuel efficiency and increase her top speed

    9 Comments
    2024/08/17
    13:32 UTC

    75

    Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1968

    2 Comments
    2024/08/16
    16:11 UTC

    31

    CFAV Tillicum YTM-55 in drydock at Point Hope Martime, Victoria[4000x1848]

    0 Comments
    2024/08/15
    22:30 UTC

    73

    The U.S. Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in floating dry dock ABSD-2 at Manus, Admirality Islands, on 28 December 1944, high and dry on the keel blocks. The Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B camouflage can still be seen on this side. US Navy Photo.

    3 Comments
    2024/08/13
    20:42 UTC

    113

    USS Iowa inside floating drydock ABSD-2, Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 28 December 1944. US Navy photo.

    4 Comments
    2024/08/13
    16:28 UTC

    69

    Carpathia high n’ dry in 1912

    0 Comments
    2024/08/09
    14:28 UTC

    22

    [2048x1365] Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti speaks with US Navy Submarine Group 10 leadership at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia on Aug. 1 with an Ohio-class SSBN in drydock. Source in comments.

    0 Comments
    2024/08/03
    01:04 UTC

    63

    French Navy submarine Halbronn, ex. Imperial German Navy Type 139-class submarine U-139, in a drydock in Brest.

    4 Comments
    2024/07/31
    18:12 UTC

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