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Well dock

In modern amphibious warfare usage, a well dock or well deck, officially termed a wet well during U.S. Navy instruction when the well deck is flooded for operations, is a hangar-like deck located at the waterline in the stern of some amphibious warfare ships. By taking on water the ship can lower her stern, flooding the well deck and allowing vessels…

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Well dock

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Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
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well deck amphibious ships dock stern modern ship landing structure uss vessels capsules warfare naval traditional open orion usage navy

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boatsinstance offlooding the well deck and allowing vessels0.80text
landing craftinstance offlooding the well deck and allowing vessels0.80text
amphibious vehiclesinstance offlooding the well deck and allowing vessels0.80text
and recovered spacecraft crew capsules to dock within the shipinstance offlooding the well deck and allowing vessels0.80text
the USS Tarawa.The terminstance ofThe structure is seen in ships with a substantial air assault role0.80text
Geminiinstance ofEarlier capsules0.80text
Apollo had to be lifted aboard their recovery vessels by crane.USS Portland was assigned as the recovery ship for the Orion capsule of the Artemis 1 uncrewed Moon-orbiting missioninstance ofEarlier capsules0.80text
successfully completed on 11 December 2022instance ofEarlier capsules0.80text

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