A method of building ships wherein a middle building area whose ends may be bounded by means of a pair of detachable partition gates is provided inside an openends type dock, whereby after a stern body of each ship has been constructed in the middle building area the stern body is moved into one of the building areas which are defined on both sides of the middle building area and in which the entire length of the ships can be constructed, and a middle body and a stem body are constructed extending from said stern body in the building area to build a completed ship.
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