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  2. Slipway - Wikipedia

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    A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small boats on trailers towed by automobiles and flying boats on their undercarriage .

  3. Step stool - Wikipedia

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    Step stool with 2 steps. Step stools are halfway between a ladder and a stool, being used, as a support platform, for reaching targets that are at heights between approximately 2 and 3 metres (6.6 and 9.8 ft). The most common modern type is made with two separate ladders connected to each other at the upper end, where there is a platform with ...

  4. Folding Boat Equipment - Wikipedia

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    The Folding Boat Equipment, abbreviated as FBE, is a light pontoon bridging equipment which was in use by the British and its colonial armies during the 20th century. [1] The equipment was introduced in 1928 and was the standard light bridge used for loads up to class 5, i.e. providing rafts or a bridge capable of transporting loads up to 5 ...

  5. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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    A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cables . [ 1 ]

  6. Dock landing ship - Wikipedia

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    USS Harpers Ferry, a United States Navy dock landing ship Soviet Ivan Rogov-class landing ship A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. [1]

  7. Jacob's ladder (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    When not being used, the ladder is stowed away, usually rolled up, rather than left hanging. On late 19th-century warships, this kind of ladder would replace the normal fixed ladders on deck during battle. Fixes ladders, and railings, would be removed and replaced with Jacob's ladders and ropes in preparation for battle.