Discussion of facilities and procedures used by Netherlands Dock and Shipbuilding Co for construction and joining of 210,000-ton dw tanker, which was built in two halves; with cross section 154 ft 9 in. wide and 80 ft 5 in. deep almost perfect fit was obtained, planned 7 mm welding gap varying by only odd millimeter; to achieve this near perfect mating, N.D.S.M. developed and employed laser beam method for marking off sections. (11429)
N.D.S.M.-built melania
Shipbldg Shipping Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 112 , n 19
1968
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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