a) I can see no reason why a dry dock should have a pointy end, other than it reduces the amount of material to excavate.
b) Floating docks generally, but not always, do not have a pointy end.
c) Given that a pointy end exists in the dock then it is logical to put the ship in the same way, especially if length is critical.
d) I don't believe it is any easier to put a ship into dock, bow first rather than stern first, other than those rare occasions where the ship's propeller is turning.
e) So the reason for going in stern first must be to do with something like access to damage, like on a bow for instance, in a pointy ended dock.
f) Then there's dock facilities, such as access to an existing hole in the dock floor for dropping components out or positioning things like sonar domes.
g) The only other reason I can think of is then dock side facilities, the reach of a particular crane or access to a particular workshop.
Anything else????Statistics: Posted by Whickham — Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:13 am
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