Sentence examples for dock ships from inspiring English sources

The waterfront land first became available after the port authority decided in the early 1980's that it was no longer practical to dock ships at the piers below Brooklyn Heights.

"We were getting to the point with our harbor pilots [the locals who dock ships] where we were at the limits of comfort," said Key West City Manager Jim Scholl.

In August 2005 the Australian Government passed approval for the acquisition of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ships; these will displace over 20,000 tonnes, can carry over 1,000 troops, and will potentially be able to operate fixed wing aircraft.

The Ponce, an amphibious transport dock ship, and two amphibious assault ships, the Saipan and the Gunston Hall, sailed from Norfolk today.

Nonetheless, in a Pentagon news conference with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mr. Gates said he had ordered an amphibious assault ship, the Kearsarge, and an amphibious transport dock ship, the Ponce, to the Mediterranean.

Today US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel deployed the USS Mesa Verde, an amphibious transport dock ship, to the Arabian Gulf, according to a Department of Defense statement.

News outlets in Portland were reporting that the Navy had canceled plans to christen and commission the amphibious transport dock ship Portland at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula on May 21.

Geminis sent heroes up to practice docking ships.

They docked ships, towed barges, salvaged freighters, and generally went where other vessels couldn't go.

Harbor tugs that spend their time docking ships and shuffling barges can sit low in the water.

The handful of residents on its stone-lined streets included the tenants of flophouses, which had been built as hotels for sailors decamping from newly docked ships.