[TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds

[James Binnion]

The watertight hull plates were indeed riveted together. The armor 
was "hung" on the outside of the watertight hull via bolts . On that 
same website you can see the armor being machined to fit together 
with overlapping seams 
http://www.usswashington.com/pnybuild/pny_46.htm  and in this one the 
keyhole slots that were used to lock the plates in place are being 
cut. http://www.usswashington.com/pnybuild/pny_47.htm
>OK so they are heavy rivets.
>Chuck
>----- Original Message ----- From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds
>
>>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
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
>>>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:59 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding advice -- Now Heavy Welds

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