lcloo
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The preference depends on launching methods. Type 075 floated out of drydock bow first.How often are ships built bow-first out the dry dock?
However, if you launch a ship using slipway instead of a drydock, stern first is the preference for a few practical reasons like control entry into the water, space constrain contol, momentum of ship during launching due to gravity and the structural strenght of stern etc. I can give some reasons from deepseek but I found quite a few members tend to get angry with others who are using AI replies. So you can do the search yourself.
In a drydock, you will just have to float the ship out and thus it doen't matter if you move the ship out bow first or stern first.
Ask this question if you want to do a search online - "Why there is no such constrain for launching from slipway, for floating a ship out of drydock?"
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