“A ship's plating holds the water out and the cargo in. The plating is stiffened by bulkheads and by a system of girders and stiffeners known as framing.”
Presented here is World War 2 era training material from the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, covering contents such as welding, steel distortion, lines of a ship, hull fittings and more. Material was prepared in cooperation with US Office of Education and Federal Security Agency. A rare find for a naval architecture or naval history enthusiast.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Department of Public Instruction, 1941. Paperback. Spiral bound. 254 pages. Covers with staining, chipping, and edge wear. Spiral binding strong. Pages with tanning and waviness. Scarce.
