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• drydock
• ship
• warship
• usnavy
• unitedstatesnavy
• usn
• shipyard
• ships
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• navalaviation
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• battleship
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• lexington
• libraryofcongress
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• SDASM Archives 36 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 12 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 8 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 7 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 6 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• National Library NZ on The Commons 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 2 photos & illustrations
• George Eastman Museum 1 photo / illustration
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 1 photo / illustration

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French warship 'Atalante', Fitzroy Dock, Sydney, 1873

from State Library of New South Wales

• Roiz Roiz said:

  excellent presentation

• beachcomber australia said:

  The photographer Beaufoy Merlin's own description of this photo is well worth a read - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70480518 Edit - the article includes an engraving of this photo.

• beachcomber australia said:

  "This is the first ironclad that has been docked in the Southern hemisphere ..." and it was a tight fit - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162655942

Torpedo damage to HMS Kelly

from North East Museums

• okn0tok said:

  Amazing.

• Tóth Imre said:

  Excellent picture!

Shamrock III in dry dock at Erie Basin, Aug. 17, 1903 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Paul Jackson said:

  What an absolutely beautiful vessel

• swanq said:

  Challenger for en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_America's_Cup See also america-scoop.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...

• Richard Norton said:

  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shamrock_III_(ship,_1903)

• Iain said:

  Fascinating to see the delicate alignment of blocks under the keel and then the baulks of timber to hold her upright.

• swanq said:

  According to saveindustrialbrooklyn.org/red_hook.html the dry dock, in Brooklyn, NY, was filled in recently and is the parking lot for the Brooklyn IKEA. See the parking lot at www.google.com/maps/@40.6717748,-74.0131385,406m/data=!3m... History of the shipyard is at www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inac...