From: Horkheimer (hork_at_execpc.com)
Date: 04/22/98
Message-ID: <353E83FF.E03913B9@execpc.com> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:57:51 -0500 From: Horkheimer <hork_at_execpc.com> Subject: Re: Been kinda quiet, lately...
Hello,
> ***The last active Liberty ship, USS LANE VICTORY,
> http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/lanevict.htm
> is stationed in Los Angeles harbor. It has a steel hull.
> If you get a chance, tour a liberty. You will find it a
> pleasant time-capsule.
>
> ***You might want to check out the SS Jeremiah O'Brien
> if you live in the bay area. It is also functional, if not still
> on the official navy registry. Daily tours available.
> http://www.crl.com/~wefald/obrien.html
>
> "The liberty design was a modification of an earlier British hull.
> Economical and simple to build, it ushered in the era of prefabricated
> mass production." Only quote I could find on thier construction.
> I can only assume that because they all used the same design,
> they were all steel.
I am sure they have built a ship out of concrete before, I know I
heard somewhere. The local university has a concrete canoe competition
here, I believe.
Anyone heard of a British project during WW II to build large aircraft
carriers out of ice. I think it was called project HYDOCK or something.
Britain was running low on steel, an inventor came up with an ice and pulp
mixture that would melt around 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. They built
some models in Canada, but they eventually got enough steel together, to
build what they needed. I just mentioned this if for the sake of talking
about odd materials in odd situations.
Donald Horkheimer