navy yard

collocation in English

meaningsofnavyandyard

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navy
adjective
uk
/ˈneɪ.vi/us
/ˈneɪ.vi/
dark ...
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yard
noun[C]
uk
/jɑːd/us
/jɑːrd/
a unit of measurement equal to three feet or approximately ...
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(Definition ofnavyandyardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At its peak the shipyard employed 3,000 workers in thenavyyard.
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Thenavyyardhad more than 45 buildings on 118 acres set aside for administrative, educational, and production purposes.
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The admiral and his party then reembarked in the destroyer, and she returned them to thenavyyard, where they left the ship at 1110.
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From 1875 to 1876, he was a member of thenavyyards ordnance department.
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The ship arrived at her destination on the 19th and entered thenavyyardfor alterations.
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She was forced to return to thenavyyard, where she was placed in drydock again for repairs which took around three months.
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They burned the blockhouse and barracks at both the batteries and thenavyyard, and also a schooner.
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When the man was identified by thenavyyards quartermaster, he, too, was released.
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The soldiers then proceeded to capture thenavyyard.
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Just over a week later, entered thenavyyardat that port to have her hull scraped.
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The destruction of thenavyyardmade repairs impossible, and she was ordered destroyed.
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The keel remained on blocks in thenavyyardfor two years.
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The destruction of thenavyyardwas mostly ineffective; in particular, the large drydock there was relatively undamaged and soon could be restored.
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Thenavyyardcontinued to be expanded until the 1950s.
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Batch producers recognized that day rates fostered work of the highest quality and were standard practice, for example, in metalworking at government navy yards.
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No major battles were fought in the state, although several river towns became sites for important supply depots and brownwater navy yards.
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Soon the enemy's high-level bombers were droning overhead, above the effective range of the navy yard's 3-inch batteries; every ship in the harbor opened up with their antiaircraft batteries.
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