Section 04 · 4 guides
Preservation & Restoration
Afloat is a verb.
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The Problem With Keeping a Century-Old Ship AfloatAchieved daily, by pumps — and it stops being achievable long before she looks in trouble.
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Why Steel DiesCorrosion is a circuit, not a decay. Saltwater supplies the electrolyte; a riveted seam supplies the geometry.
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Why She Had to Be MovedYou cannot dry-dock a ship where there is no dock.
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Replacing Plate on a Historic HullHow much can be renewed before it stops being the same ship.
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