Shipbuilding

"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg) 03/12/2019 at 09:21 • Filed to: None

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functionoverfashion’s boat terminology post got me reminiscent of my time in the shipbuilding industry. Here’s a few videos from a project I did some work on a few years ago. The first is flipping a hull block. I’ve been out on the shop floor when they do this, it’s pretty wild. The second is a “Year in Review” t hat has a lot of corporate fluff, but some pretty cool time lapse bits of ship assembly. Enjoy!

functionoverfashion > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/12/2019 at 09:37

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I’ve flipped small wooden boats for various repairs, paint, etc. lots of times. The scale of this is incredible, when you see the little people standing around nearby... thanks for sharing that!

Future Heap Owner > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/12/2019 at 11:14

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The scale of ship construction is mind-boggling to me.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Future Heap Owner 03/12/2019 at 11:42

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It’s incredible, and I’ve only ever worked on “small” ships - destroyers, littoral combat ships, patrol vessels.  Never worked on aircraft carriers, amphibs, or enormous cargo ships.  

TheJWT > Future Heap Owner 03/17/2019 at 10:47

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The scale of ship deconstruction is even more mind boggling-

Really anything about ships is mind boggling, tbh

ttyymmnn > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/17/2019 at 14:39

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This might be relevant to you interests.

I grew up in Norfolk, VA, and dry-docks and shipyards were part of the everyday scenery. Fascinating stuff.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > ttyymmnn 03/17/2019 at 18:10

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Thats an awesome pic. I was stationed there for a little while, but I was at NOB, away from the yards, but I drove past them a few times.  It was always really cool to see them building the carriers!