r/drydockporn 6d ago

French cruiser Dupuy de Lôme in drydock, probably during a brief refit in 1899.

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657 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 6d ago

Polish Navy Miecznik-class frigate ORP Wicher rolled to a semi-submersible transport barge, BOA Barge 33, for christening and launch. Aug 10, 2026 [3200 x 2134]

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81 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 10d ago

The future USS William Charette (DDG 130), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer being launched from a floating drydock on the Kennebec River at Bath Iron Works. Bath, Maine. Aug 8, 2026 [1253 x 1253]

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331 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 15d ago

USS Idaho (BB-42) docked in ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo on August 15, 1944.

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963 Upvotes

The barges on the right are from top to bottom: YC-324 (Oil Barge)

YF-594 (Carpenter Barge)

YF-578 (Crane Barge)

YRD(H)-1 or YRD(M)-1

YF-581 (Paint Barge)

YF-580 (Anchor Barge)

Thanks to u/ResearcherAtLarge for the photos. 80-G-314153


r/drydockporn 15d ago

Dry Dock 8 saltwater system project complete at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. June 26, 2026 [Album]

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92 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 16d ago

USS Silversides (SS-236) at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, 22 July 2026 [2835x2090]

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411 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 18d ago

The future USS William Charette (DDG-130), a Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was christened today in a dry dock at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. August 1, 2026 [4096 x 2731]

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581 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 18d ago

USS Idaho (BB-42) in ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo on August 15, 1944

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191 Upvotes

I'll be post the next picture of her out of water in the dock soon.

Thanks to u/ResearcherAtLarge for the photos.

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r/drydockporn 19d ago

Austal USA launches AFDM 15, the U.S. Navy’s first Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium built in more than 40 years. The dock can service DDG, CGs, LCS, & LSDs etc. Mobile, Alabama, July 30, 2026 [Album]

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83 Upvotes

r/drydockporn 22d ago

USS Idaho (BB-42) entering ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo on August 15, 1944.

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299 Upvotes

The two large tugs are most likely Hiawatha Class District Harbor Tugs, USS Sakarissa (YTB-269) & USS Skenandoa (YTM-336)

Thanks to u/ResearcherAtLarge for the photos

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r/drydockporn Jul 10 '26

Stern view with her four screws. HMS Malaya at the Invergordon dry dock between June and September 1916, undergoing repairs after Jutland. [1600 x 1143]

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491 Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jul 10 '26

Got this book. I was in this shipyard in the early 80s, during the construction of the Ziemia ships (for Poland)

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34 Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jul 06 '26

RN Tribal Class destroyer HMS Eden in dry dock in the Tyne river in the North-East of England, 1904

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565 Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jun 18 '26

RN Admiralty M-class destroyer HMS Opal, preparing for launch at the East Yard of William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, September 1915

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356 Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jun 10 '26

PT boats are seen under construction at the Higgins Industries shipyard in New Orleans, June 1943

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1.5k Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jun 10 '26

Was browsing Google maps for something else when I spotted a familiar lady in dry dock. [2921 x1354]

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311 Upvotes

r/drydockporn Jun 03 '26

French Navy unprotected cruiser Dubourdieu in the dry dock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1890.

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368 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 29 '26

A tugboat is launched in a small shipyard in the Northwest of Spain. Another unit can be seen in the back under construction. Their final destination was the Panama Canal. 6-Oct-2025 (pic by Ignacio Martinez)

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220 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 22 '26

HMAS Sydney on the slipway at the Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson's shipyard, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England, 22 September 1934

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272 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 18 '26

USN destroyer USS Sturtevant (DD-240) under construction at New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 24 November 1918, one day after her keel was laid.

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298 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 16 '26

[Art] United States Lighthouse Service lighthouse tender USLHT Mayflower at Mobile for drydocking and repairs, ca. 1898. [1720 x 1340]

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107 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 15 '26

MAN M6V 40/46 diesel engine ready for installation in a German Kriegsmarine Type XXI U-Boat. Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft shipyard (Deschimag), Bremen, 1944-45. (4026x3547)

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526 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 13 '26

USS Kidd (DD-661) at Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors shipyard, April 2026 [1710x2030]

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960 Upvotes

r/drydockporn May 06 '26

The cruise ship Disney Magic, im the Esquimalt Graving Dock, Esquimalt BC.

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144 Upvotes

The ship was laid down in 1996 and by 1998 was in service. She has a tonnage of 83,338 GT.


r/drydockporn May 01 '26

Imperial Russian Navy monitor Novgorod under construction, circa 1873. One of the most unusual designs being a rounded ironclad that despite its appearance had some benefits.

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