All welded 26-passenger life boat of United Fruit Co's steamship Veragua, is 26 ft 6 in. long, 7 ft 9 in. wide and 3 ft 4 1/2 in. deep; hull plating, with exception of keel plate, was made from 9-gage (0.114-in.) aluminum magnesium alloy sheet; keel plate made of 8-gage (0.129-in.) sheet.
Aluminum lifeboat on Veragua
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Age ; 43 , n 8
1938
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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