well deck
noun
: a space on the weather deck of a ship lying at a lower level between a raised forecastle or poop and the bridge superstructure
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That afternoon, Truman attended a program of entertainment and boxing held on the well deck.
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Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
As seen from inside the well deck on board the USS Somerset, NASA and Department of Defense teams practiced recovery procedures in support of the agency's plans to send the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Another crew member was a Titanic obsessive—his endless talk of davits and well decks still rattles in my head.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
The 27,000-ton, 761-foot-long ship is equipped with a full-length flight deck for air operations, a well deck for floating out landing craft to sea, and can transport several hundred marines drawn from Turkey’s Amphibious Marine Infantry Brigade.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
Ships in the class are more than 600 feet long, with a flight deck that can handle helicopters and Osprey aircraft, plus a well deck that can store and launch a variety of amphibious craft.
—al, 7 Feb. 2023
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Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
As seen from inside the well deck on board the USS Somerset, NASA and Department of Defense teams practiced recovery procedures in support of the agency's plans to send the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Another crew member was a Titanic obsessive—his endless talk of davits and well decks still rattles in my head.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
The 27,000-ton, 761-foot-long ship is equipped with a full-length flight deck for air operations, a well deck for floating out landing craft to sea, and can transport several hundred marines drawn from Turkey’s Amphibious Marine Infantry Brigade.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
Ships in the class are more than 600 feet long, with a flight deck that can handle helicopters and Osprey aircraft, plus a well deck that can store and launch a variety of amphibious craft.
—al, 7 Feb. 2023
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“Well deck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well%20deck. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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