 Beyond the basin is the larger inner dock called the Bassin de Penhoët , which can accommodate ships up to 10 @,@ 000 tons . There is also an old entrance to the Bassin de St Nazaire located southwest of the Normandie dry dock . Built to house the ocean liner SS Normandie , this dock was the largest dry dock in the world when it was completed in 1932 . The " Old Mole " jetty juts into the Loire halfway between the southern pier of the Avant Port and the old entrance into the basin . 
 Beyond the basin <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the larger inner dock called the Bassin de Penhoët , which can accommodate ships up to 10 @,@ 000 tons . <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>There</mark></a> is also an old entrance to the Bassin de St Nazaire located southwest of the Normandie dry dock . Built to house the ocean liner SS Normandie , this dock was the largest dry dock in the world when it was completed in 1932 . The " Old Mole " jetty <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>juts</mark></a> into the Loire halfway between the southern pier of the Avant Port and the old entrance into the basin . 
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