Photo #: NH 98829
Floating drydock YFD-6 (center section)
Under tow in the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, circa 1945.
To permit passage through the canal locks, Navy SeaBees turned
YFD-6's center section on its side. A thousand Navy pontoons
were installed atop the wing wall to allow the drydock to float
on its side during the canal transit. Harbor tug Alarka
(YTB-229) is in the center. Tug at left appears to be USS ATA-209.
The photograph was released for publication on 25 June 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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