The U.S. Navy is building a state-of-the-art dry dock to service its most advanced nuclear submarines at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, located within Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. It will replace a dry dock built in 1942.

The most recent photos shared by Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Facebook in September show how the $3.42 billion project was progressing just over two months ago.

Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Navy, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters

The overhaul at Pearl Harbor is part of a sweeping, multi-year Navy initiative designed to address both aging infrastructure and the evolving security environment. As China expands the world's largest naval fleet by hull count and continues to boost military capabilities across the Pacific, the U.S. response hinges on the readin

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