Bow and stern sections of ships are fabricated on site, while other sections of hulls are delivered prefabricated at shipyard in southern Indiana, outfitting tank-landing craft; vessels are assembled on building ways, moved longitudinally on 26 dollies into transfer area, from where they are transferred sidewise to launching ways that slope 1 on 4.75 launching of ships is sidewise, under control at all times, and limited to travel of 10 ft per min all vessels are outfitted after they are water-borne.


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    Title :

    Fast shipbuilding at inland yard


    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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