Photo #: NH 98828
Floating drydock YFD-6 (center section)
Being prepared for transiting the Panama Canal, circa 1945.
This view shows YFD-6's center section fully turned 90
degrees, floating on its side with the support of a thousand
Navy pontoons installed atop the wing wall. This work, done by
Navy SeaBees, was necessary to allow the drydock section to fit
through the canal's locks. Harbor tug YT-355 is in the
left foreground.
The photograph is part of a series released for publication on
26 June 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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