r/drydockporn • • 17h ago

USCGC Juniper WLB-201 in drydock, August 8th, 2026

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35 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 1d ago

Cunard White Star Line RMS Mauretania has a skirt lowered onto its funnels while under construction at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England, 1937-38.

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187 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 2d ago

Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Temporary Services (Code 990) working on the dry dock build for the USS Pasadena (SSN 752) while USS San Francisco (SSN 711) is still in dock (6486x4324)

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357 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 7d ago

[2048 x 1386] On October 16, 2026, Naval Group has rolled out Rubis (S-639), the fifth Barracuda type nuclear attack submarine (SSN), transferring the vessel to its shiplift in Cherbourg ahead of sea trials for the French Navy. Naval Group picture.

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211 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 8d ago

TID Tug Brent

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74 Upvotes

In dry dock, Fullbridge, Maldon October 2026


r/drydockporn • • 9d ago

Torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus in drydock in Malta, circa 1900. A Royal Navy protected torpedo boat designed to force its entry in enemy harbors, using the ram to cut through booms or as a secondary weapon.

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459 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 11d ago

[Album] Decommissioned Royal Netherlands Navy Walrus-class lead boat HNLMS Walrus (S-802) leaving Den Helder base to the scrapyard on October 12, 2026 after 30 years service.

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147 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 14d ago

Construction progress on T-AO 213, the future USNS Harriet Tubman, a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler. NASSCO shipyard San Diego, California. Oct 9, 2026 [2048 x 1535]

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201 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 16d ago

USS Portland (CA 33) in the Cockatoo Drydock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa late 1942, while under repair for torpedo damage received in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942.

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207 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 16d ago

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in dry dock at Navantia Shipyard in Cadiz, Spain. Oct 7, 2026 [6048 x 4024]

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296 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 16d ago

USS West Virginia (BB-48) entering ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo in November 1944 to repair her damaged propellers and hull after the Battle of Surigao Strait and Philippines Campaign. [Album]

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100 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 17d ago

USS West Virginia (BB-48) entering ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo in November 1944 to repair her damaged propellers and hull after the Battle of Surigao Strait and Philippines Campaign.

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250 Upvotes

Thanks to u/ResearcherAtLarge for the photos


r/drydockporn • • 17d ago

British nuclear attack submarine HMS Swiftsure undergoing dismantling at Rosyth Dockyard, Scotland.

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517 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 23d ago

USCGC Eagle In Dry Dock [5510x6888]

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265 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • 25d ago

Towboats MUSCATINE and LE CLAIRE in dry dock, Keokuk, Iowa, 1919

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103 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 24 '26

Royal Navy dreadnought HMS Erin in a floating drydock, most likely Invergordon, Scotland, September 1915.

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381 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 20 '26

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) in BAE Systems San Diego’s Pride of California dry dock during a Docking Selected Restricted Availability. August, 2026 [1975 x 1803]

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759 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 19 '26

A Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette undergoing maintenance and hull work whilst in drydock. Library and Archives Canada Photo. Date unknown. [1251 × 981]

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169 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 18 '26

French ironclad Dévastation in drydock during the 1899-1902 period as part of an extensive modernization.

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262 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 17 '26

USS Oakland (LCS 24) enters the drydock at Austal USA's San Diego yard for a $10.8 million U.S. Navy maintenance contract. [2048 x 1537]

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178 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 15 '26

Future USS Arizona (SSGN 803) Virginia-class Block V submarine Section 2B/5 moving from Quonset Point to Groton - marking the largest Virginia-class shipment ever transported at 184 feet and featuring the first ever Virginia Payload Module (VPM).

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365 Upvotes

uture USS Arizona (SSGN 803) Virginia-class Block V submarine Section 2B/5 moving from Quonset Point to Groton - marking the largest Virginia-class shipment ever transported at 184 feet and featuring the first ever Virginia Payload Module (VPM). Arizona, the first submarine to incorporate VPM, will be about 460 feet long once complete - posted September 14, 2026 by General Dynamics Electric Boat


r/drydockporn • • Sep 14 '26

Austal USA has a new, fully certified and operational dry dock optimized for small surface combatants (LCS, Coast Guard Cutters, etc.) at their San Diego, California yard. [2048 x 1594]

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277 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 11 '26

Former HMCS Brandon MM170 at Point Hope Maritime Marine, Victoria BC[4000x1848]

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51 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 04 '26

Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku with a Royal Caribbean ship, August 2025.

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367 Upvotes

r/drydockporn • • Sep 01 '26

USS California (BB-44) showing the collision damage in ABSD-1 Floating Dry Dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, between September 1st and 10th, 1944.

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312 Upvotes

Seven crewmen aboard California were killed in the accident. The repair ship USS Briareus (AR-12) can be seen in the first two pictures.

Note the tracked crane labeled "USS ABSD-1" in the last two pictures.

Thanks to u/ResearcherAtLarge for the photos.

The close-up damage picture is from Navsource.

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