tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post4519868841816342052..comments2024-03-27T20:35:24.546-04:00Comments on My Daily Kona: Where did the name "Battleship" come from?MrGarabaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-19565471686478921402020-08-24T12:37:22.471-04:002020-08-24T12:37:22.471-04:00Hey Old NFO;
Sometimes I try, LOLHey Old NFO;<br /><br /> Sometimes I try, LOLMrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-12585362505316919502020-08-23T15:39:38.377-04:002020-08-23T15:39:38.377-04:00Ah, the twists and turns of language to describe t...Ah, the twists and turns of language to describe things... LOL Well done, sir!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-40023981726683419012020-08-23T08:19:47.286-04:002020-08-23T08:19:47.286-04:00Hey James;
I am going to take a *swag* on yo...Hey James;<br /><br /> I am going to take a *swag* on your answer because I do sheetmetal on airplanes at work. If I recall, the pictures I saw of shipbuilding they used a tar or rubber based sealer that they would heat up that would bake and swell and seal the gaps between the steel and Iron. They would do the same thing with the Rivets, they would seal them the same way on the interior, the Iron being hot was malleable then would cool would cover most of the gap and what was left then would be sealed in tar or a rubber based layer as I understand the shipbuilding technique. Like I said, it is a SWAG. MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-42320079206252698832020-08-22T21:17:59.248-04:002020-08-22T21:17:59.248-04:00MrGarabaldi,
I enjoyed this article very much. I h... MrGarabaldi,<br />I enjoyed this article very much. I have always found ships interesting. As a young boy of six in 1959 I received a 'Texaco Tanker' for Christmas. It was made to be played with as it had a working ballast tank, rudder, electric motor driving one shaft and the 'C' cells residing in the forcastle. It was modeled after a real tanker that had delivered oil, gasoline to Malta when it was under siege during WW-II. After my family moved back to Little Rock in 1962 I found another boy my age who had received one for Christmas too. We decided to 'convert' then to two masted sailing ships using kite sticks for our mast and old bed sheets for our sails. We sailed them in Broadmoor Lake which was and still is located behind Broadmoor shopping center which was located on University Ave which runs North / South. The lake is about a 40 acres and is contained on it's East side with an earthen dam. Had a lot of fun back then making our own stuff. All this in case you want to check it out on Google Earth.<br />I do have a question that I have been unable to find an answer for. That is how did the ship builders seal the steel plates that they riveted together to make the hull? The plates were overlapped and riveted together but surely they used some sort of material to seal them from the water. Modern hulls are welded so I can see how that would work for water tightness.<br />Thanks,<br />James Kidd Arkansas Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206554199667887397noreply@blogger.com