What does the term Wet

[buckspc]

Dock mean? I hear dry dock all the time but wet dock was posted the other day by a member, Thanks Buck

[Druke I]

Wet dock - still in water, usually tied up to a pier.

 

Dry dock - ship out of the water, allowing access to parts of the hull normally submerged. Often necessary when doing "heavy" work on the mechanicals, such as switching out generators, engines, propellors, etc.

[BigGuy25]

"Wet dock" gives the craftsmen access to the the interior of the ship for modifications to staterooms, public rooms, restaurants, carpeting, etc. but doesn't cost as much as totally lifting the ship out of the water.

[FredS]

Wet Dock is a body of water that is gated off main the main body of water. Thus when the tide goes out, the water in the wet dock, with the gates closed, does not change with the tide. The ship(s) are easier to work on. A wet dock can be quite large, one in England covers 26 acres.

 

Dry dock---go there for a picture of a dry dock: http://www.uscg.mil/d5/cutter/williamtate/drydock.htm

 

used to raise a ship completely out of the water.

[chasetf]

Wet Dock is a body of water that is gated off main the main body of water. Thus when the tide goes out, the water in the wet dock, with the gates closed, does not change with the tide. The ship(s) are easier to work on. A wet dock can be quite large, one in England covers 26 acres..

Wet dock can also refer to the ship being tied up to a dock.

Dry dock......used to raise a ship completely out of the water.

Very seldom are the ships actually raised. Rather they are blocked off in a basin and the water they are floating on is drained. It would be expensive and much more hazardous to actually "raise" a cruise ship.