[TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds

[James Binnion]

Armor plate was bolted in place. see 
http://www.usswashington.com/pnybuild/pny_55.htm and
http://www.usswashington.com/pnybuild/pny_56.htm

>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
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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.
>>
>>But how would they have done it in the 1920s?
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