A SHIP (AND SHIPYARD) GROWS IN BROOKLYN

The old Brooklyn Navy Yard has been transformed into a modern shipyard by Seatrain Lines, Inc., and it is expected to be able to build two new supertankers per year as all the new shipbuilding machinery is brought into play. The operation of the shipyard is described from the plate preparation through to the paint shop. Features of each step in the shipbuilding process are explained, with specific capacities of the equipment used included in the explanation.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  30 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Authors:
  • Stuber, E R
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 27-33
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Modernization; Organization; Planning; Production; Production control; Shipyards; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Shipyard automation; Shipyard design; Shipyard mechanization; Shipyard organization
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047682
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1974 12:00AM