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First Pictures From the Dry Dock
Monday, August 24, 2009
Courtesy of Joe Lombardi
U.S.S. Laffey in dry dock, Detyens Shipyard, N. Charleston, SC
Snug Harbor.
USS Laffey, DD-724, in floating drydock AFDL-47 at N. Charleston, SC for a new 3/8” bottom from bow to stern, five new bulkheads in the four machinery spaces, new transverse/longitudinal frames and foundations in Machinery Rooms 1 – 4.
A shave and a haircut will follow.
Joseph W. Lombardi, AMS
Marine Surveyor & Consultant
Ocean Technical Services, LLC
Gloucester, Massachusetts
