Drydock 5 Section (Portland, Oregon)

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One of the five sections of Drydock #5 at Vigor Industrial, originally built for the US Navy during the Second World War as Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (ABSD's). As originally built, the 10-section drydocks had a lifting capacity of 90,000 tons and could accomodate any US Navy ship afloat at the time.

Vigor Industrial's Drydock #5 is comprised of sections 1B, 1D, 1E, 2E & 2I of former Drydocks ABSD-1 & ABSD-2, and when combined have a lift capacity of 30,000 long tons and dimensions of 246ft x 140ft (75 x 42.7 m).

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABSD-1
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Coordinates:   45°33'50"N   122°42'44"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago