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SNAME Featured Paper, Designated February 1, 2010
Originally presented at the September 24, 2009 meeting of the Great Lakes & Great Rivers Section, this paper is the second paper designated by the Society as a Featured Paper.
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Overview
My shipbuilding career was spent at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company between 1939 and 1948. I found myself engaged in building or repairing a wide variety of ships, both merchant and naval, and thus I lived through the transition from riveting to welding. A couple of years ago I came to realize that, owing to my advanced years, I might be one of the few naval architects still around who could recall the days of riveting. Thus, when I was invited to present a paper before this meeting, I thought it might be appropriate to describe the steps involved in riveting, and go on to discuss some of the pros and cons of welding versus riveting.
If nothing else, I hope this exposition will engender in today’s naval architects some degree of appreciation for the skill and dedication required to build a riveted ship.
- Professor Harry Benford
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Professor Harry Benford
Honorary Member & Fellow
60-year SNAME Member
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