Definition of shipyard
: a yard, place, or enclosure where ships are built or repaired
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Steel plates, beams or bars can be bought abroad and still qualify, but work on these materials must be done in an American shipyard.
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Lawmakers lifted the ban in 1926, but when 20,000 African Americans came during World War II for jobs in the shipyards, few landlords would rent to them.
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The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/2rw2h9J ) the layoffs are part of a wave sweeping the region’s shipyard and subcontractors that is projected to leave more than 1,000 employees out of work in the coming weeks.
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The German music industry celebrated the ECHO Jazz Awards in the rustic setting of a Hamburg shipyard at the River Elbe on Thursday night, with seven U.S. jazz acts among the winners.
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A second ship would guarantee that each company will get to build one, keeping both of their shipyards running.
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Lawmakers from those two states have warned that cutting the LCS production would lead to devastating job losses for the shipyards, and Congress added a third littoral combat ship to the Navy's 2017 budget.
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Confronted with rising costs and limited land to build on, the companies planned to build nuclear power plants at a shipyard in Florida and then float them up to the New Jersey coast.
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Following decommissioning, the nuclear fuel was removed; the process of cleaning out all remaining nuclear contamination continues in a Baltimore shipyard.
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: a place where ships are built or repaired
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: a place where ships are built or repaired
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