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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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Another crew member was a Titanic obsessive—his endless talk of davits and well decks still rattles in my head.
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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.
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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.
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al, 7 Feb. 2023
The ship is equipped not only with aviation facilities (including a ski ramp), but the ability to launch and recover amphibious landing craft from a floodable well deck.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022
Commissioned in 2009, Cavour is also equipped with a well deck capable of launching and recovering landing craft, hovercraft, and amphibious vehicles.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022
The Wasp-class also includes a well deck for embarking and disembarking amphibious landing craft.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022
The well deck is where the ship stores and stages amphibious landing craft.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2021
The fire is believed to have begun in the ship’s lower vehicle-storage area, which is directly below a large well deck.
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Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2021
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First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Well deck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well%20deck. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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