Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-25196231-20140720152522/@comment-9676492-20140720232932

"Laid down" does not mean "Laid down in water", the word you are looking for is 'launched.'

"Laid down" means to have your keel laid, the first piece of building a new ship. It means construction begins that day. Unryuu was laid down on August 1, but a ship's 'birthdate' is usually considered to be their Commissioning, not their laying down.