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.
Fast shipbuilding at inland yard
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 131 , n 23
1943
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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