wetdock

Holtsnider comes through on the intercom links used by inspection personnel in wetdock.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

In Navy parlance a wetdock is any place where a ship can be taken out of vacuum and surrounded by atmosphere so repair people don't have to work in suits.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

Tractors and pressors would stabilize a vessel in wetdock anywhere else in the Fleet.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

A wetdock allows faster, more efficient, and more reliable repairwork.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

Despite the care the ship has received in wetdock, they want to double-check everything.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

When Waverley sallied forth to the entrance of the cave, he perceived that the point of rock, on which remained the marks of last night's beacon, was accessible by a small path, either natural or roughly hewn in the rock, along the little inlet of water which ran a few yards up into the cavern, where, as in a wetdock, the skiff which brought him there the night before was still lying moored.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

When Waverley sallied forth to the entrance of the cave, he perceived that the point of rock, on which remained the marks of last night's beacon, was accessible by a small path, either natural or roughly hewn in the rock, along the little inlet of water which ran a few yards up into the cavern, where, as in a wetdock, the skiff which brought him there the night before was still lying moored.

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

When Waverley sallied forth to the entrance of the cave, he perceived that the point of rock, on which remained the marks of last night's beacon, was accessible by a small path, either natural or roughly hewn in the rock, along the little inlet of water which ran a few yards up into the cavern, where, as in a wetdock, the skiff which brought him there the night before was still lying moored.

Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

Once they figure out how to raise the wetdock, they'll be able to figure out just exactly why it went down.

Wonderduck's Pond 2010

When Waverley sallied forth to the entrance of the cave, he perceived that the point of rock, on which remained the marks of last night’s beacon, was accessible by a small path, either natural or roughly hewn in the rock, along the little inlet of water which ran a few yards up into the cavern, where, as in a wetdock, the skiff which brought him there the night before was still lying moored.

Waverley 2004