Yavuz demonstrates the value of a floating dry dock

What important or unusual warships were serviced by floating dry docks?

Yavuz is a leading example because Turkey used a purpose-bought floating dock for a deep rebuild that restored her combat value.

Turkey bought a floating dry dock specifically to rebuild Yavuz, formerly Goeben. French boilers replaced troublesome German equipment, while the turbines received a refit. The renewed machinery made her speed advantage dependable, including the prospect of escaping after taking damage. Combined with Turkey's modern destroyers and submarines, that performance is judged to have kept her a credible opponent for the Soviet battleship force in the Black Sea. Against Greece, the comparison is with Averof, which the rebuilt battlecruiser is considered capable of overpowering.