U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline of Shipyard, between Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
Summary
Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s, and played an important role in salvage operations after the December 7, 1941 attack. The dock used a distinctive method of construction, and untried tremie concrete floor construction method. It is the only one of four dry docks at Pearl Harbor that has an intermediate caisson.
Survey number: HAER HI-66
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Engineering Service Contractors, P.N.A.B., Engineers
F.R. Harris, Consulting Engineers
Bureau of Yards and Docks, Fourteenth Naval District, Builder
Hawaiian Dredging Company, Ltd., Contractor
Pacific Bridge Company, Contractor
Location
hawaii, 21.39722, -157.97333
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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