[TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds

[Chuck Robinson]

In the 20's ships hull plates were riveted not welded. It wasn't till the 
40's before the process to weld hulls was perfected enough so that the hulls 
could flex enough in heavy sea states so they wouldn't stress crack and 
fail.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds


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> David E. Smucker wrote:
>> As to Andy's original question I would guess that the heavy plate 
>> sections were welded using a submerged arc weld system.
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> But how would they have done it in the 1920s?
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