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To: RightWhale

I don't believe they build them in that manner any more. When I worked for Newport News Shipbuilding, they and Electric Boat were perfecting the modular construction - basically, building an entire compartment and it's systems, then welding them together.


101 posted on 08/29/2006 5:55:20 PM PDT by Rafterman ("Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell)
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To: Rafterman

That might be. When I worked in these it was Polaris and the George Washington, which is probably medieval tech already.


108 posted on 08/30/2006 7:42:12 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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