Shippingport

Shippingport (ARDM-4) is an ARDM-4-class United States Navy Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock. She is one of the Navy's two medium auxiliary repair dry docks, and was the first floating dry dock built for the US Navy since World War II. Laid down in 1977, delivered and placed in service on 4 January 1979, she is still in service at the Naval Submarine Support Facility at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut.

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  DSV Turtle ⓘ
  US Navy manned deep-ocean research submersible

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  Shippingport ⓘ
  

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  USS Bass ⓘ
  1924 V-boat

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  USS Flasher ⓘ
  1943 Gato-class submarine

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  USS Nautilus ⓘ
  world's first nuclear-powered submarine

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  USS X-1 ⓘ
  midget submarine

1977-09-02T00:00:00Z

1977-09-02T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1977-04-05T00:00:00Z

1977-04-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1781-09-06T00:00:00Z

1781-09-06T00:00:00Z

1781 Battle of Groton Heights

1839-06-30T00:00:00Z

1839-08-26T00:00:00Z

1839 La Amistad slave revolt

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Shippingport (ARDM-4)

USS Miami (SSN-755) docked

Dry dock ARDM-4 at the Amtrak--s-- Thames River Bridge in Groton, Connecticut (USA), 20 May 2024 (240520-N-UM744-1003)

USS Dallas (SSN-700) in floating dry dock ARDM-4 in 2001

Floating dry dock ARDM-4 with USS Dallas (SSN-700) in 2001

HS-571 USS Nautilus

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1781	Battle of Groton Heights	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1839	La Amistad slave revolt	slave rebellion, Joseph Cinqué	Wikidata
object	watercraft		DSV Turtle	deep-submergence vehicle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Shippingport	auxiliary repair dock	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Bass	fleet submarine, V-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Flasher	Gato-class submarine, attack submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Nautilus	nuclear submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS X-1	midget submarine	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1899	General Dynamics Electric Boat	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Griswold	protected area, artillery fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Trumbull	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Tyler	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1897	Fort Michie	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1897	Fort Terry	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort H. G. Wright	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1901	Fort Mansfield	artillery fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Oak's Inn Military Reservation	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS G-2	sunken vessel, submarine, G-class submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		Shippingport (ARDM-4)		Commons
commons	image		USS Miami (SSN-755) docked		Commons
commons	image		Dry dock ARDM-4 at the Amtrak--s-- Thames River Bridge in Groton, Connecticut (USA), 20 May 2024 (240520-N-UM744-1003)		Commons
commons	image		USS Dallas (SSN-700) in floating dry dock ARDM-4 in 2001		Commons
commons	image		Floating dry dock ARDM-4 with USS Dallas (SSN-700) in 2001		Commons
commons	image		HS-571 USS Nautilus		Commons