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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060192461
ISBN-139780060192464
eBay Product ID (ePID)410144
Product Key Features
Book TitleYard : Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary Science, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering, History
AuthorMichael S. Sanders
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-015026
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal623.8/25/0973
SynopsisIn Bath, Maine, the birthplace of American shipbuilding, the century-old Bath Iron Works shipyard has been building--largely by hand and with a good dose of tradition--some of the finest, deadliest ships in the U.S. Navy. Accompanied by mounting competition and a pressing need to modernize, the yard faces the year 2000 with changes great and small, most notably in the way it launches ships. No longer will the great gray leviathans roar down the "ways"--the traditional inclined ramp--into the Kennebec River; this ancient technology will give way to the modern dry dock.