Drydock
A drydock in the United States, site of a 1963 sinking incident.
Drydock is a location in the Tribes series, not a planet.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Variable (contested by multiple Tribes)
- Function
- Shipbuilding and repair facility, military staging area
- Planet
- Not a named planet; Drydock is a map/location
- Role
- Strategic base for whichever faction holds it
Lore & Background
It only describes the USCGC Tamaroa, a ship that was involved in a 1963 incident where an intoxicated Coast Guard seaman opened drydock water valves, flooding and sinking a drydock. This drydock was owned by Ira S. Bushey & Sons and was located in the United States.
Did You Know?
- The incident led to the landmark tort case Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United States.
- The court ruled that the United States was vicariously liable for the damage caused by the seaman's actions.
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