Method of mounting blister on ship's hull in dry dock

Details Method of mounting blister on ship's hull in dry dock Method of mounting blister on ship's hull in dry dock

1986-07-18

1987-12-15

Nase, Jeffrey V.

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414348, 414786, 114123, 114 65R, B63B 906

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047124997

ABSTRACT:
A method of attaching a blister to the shell of a ship such as an aircraft carrier in a dry dock. The method comprises providing rails on the bottom of the dry dock along the dry dock side where the blister is to be attached to the ship shell such that the rails extend in the longitudinal direction of the dry dock, placing the blister member, with a guide member thereon, on a truck and moving the truck, with the blister member thereon, along the rails to a position where the blister block is to be fixed to the ship shell and, while engaging the guide member with the side of the dry dock, raising the blister member so as to engage the ship shell and fixing the raised blister member to the ship shell.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2385985 (1945-10-01), Harrison
Newport News "Shipyard Bulletin" vol. XXIII, Aug. 1963, No. 4.

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