I am a silent weight that builders love, yet I can sink a mighty ship without a single splash. What am I?
An anchor
An anchor is a physical weight used by builders/structures (figuratively) and literally sinks ships, but the pun relies on 'anchor' also being a news anchor or weight of responsibility, though here it's a literal maritime anchor whose purpose is to hold bottom, wait — the riddle plays on 'sink a ship' as an anchor actually sinks to hold it, but let's look at the double meaning: a heavy thing that goes down.
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