Moan old ship’s appearing where you’d expect vehicles (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

car parks

'where you'd expect vehicles' is the definition.
(vehicles park in car parks)

'moan old ship's' is the wordplay.
'moan' becomes 'carp' (I've seen this before).
'old ship's' becomes 'ark's' (as in Noah's ark).
'carp'+'arks'='CAR PARKS'

'appearing' is the link.

(Another definition for car parks that I've seen is " Lots in America".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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