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Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry approved plans for the world's largest naval drydock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to accommodate two large warships simultaneously. Bids to open early in 1909, with construction to be expedited.
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Monster For Pearl Harbor to Have Room For Two Big Warships.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry recently approved plans for the largest naval drydock in the world at Pearl harbor, Hawaii, the place which is to be made the Gibraltar of the Pacific. Bids for its construction will be opened early in 1909. It is the purpose of the department to hurry the work to completion.
The dock is to be 1,100 feet long and 110 feet wide, with a depth on its sills of thirty-five feet. It will have a gate so that it can be separated into two parts, each independent of the other. Two of the largest ships in the navy can be docked and repaired at the same time. Owing to the great depth of water provided for even the greater than Dreadnought ships will be able to enter should they be damaged to the point where they are merely able to keep afloat.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Recently Approved; Bids Early In 1909
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plans approved; construction to be hurried to completion after bids opened early in 1909
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Plans approved for the largest naval drydock in the world at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to be 1,100 feet long, 110 feet wide, with 35 feet depth on sills, separable into two parts for docking and repairing two largest navy ships simultaneously, accommodating even greater than Dreadnought ships if damaged.