Dry-Docking Update
As of
December 1 2010, all work for this contact
is done, and the contractor has left.
Ship still in dry-dock and access on board
is limited to NPS Maintenance staff and
Cassin Young Volunteers... preparations
underway to prep ship to hopefully allow
visitors back on board.
Below are Construction Photos...
Below are Construction Photos...
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Work still being done on hull plate aft. Check out these picture of some of the work inside and out.
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 Preparations to paint the anchors are underway, both anchors have been hung from ship to make painting easy |
 The
NPS boiler room replacement
has started, the old boilers
put in, in 1980 have been
removed and work continues.
Click Here for Pictures |
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Forward
hull repair is proceeding... Pictures added Oct 25 2010 Click Here for Pictures |
 Both
Anchors and there chains
have been removed and placed on the floor
of the dock: Click Here for Pictures |
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On August
9
2010 after many many hours
Cassin Young settled on her keel
blocks in dry-dock #1,
Charlestown Navy Yard... click on date for pictures of her going into the dry-dock: Gallery-1:Gallery-2:Gallery-3 |
Prep'g for Dry-Docking |
Opening the Caisson |
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The contractor has spent most of July 2010 prepping the dry-dock for Cassin Young's entry...
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 On August 6 2010 the Caisson was moved by the Cassin Young Volunteers and NPS staff to facilitate the movement of the Cassin Young into Dry-Dock #1... |
History of Dry-Dock #1 |
Caisson |
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Dry-dock # 1 is a National Historic Landmark per the Secretary of the Interior, and also a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. |
This was the first steel
hull constructed by the Navy
Yard, and was launched on
Oct. 31, 1901... |