SHIP SURGERY.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1930, Page 5

SHIP SURGERY.

CNIQb'E TANKER JOB

\ unique' ship reconstruction and reI fltj—job, over *OO,OOO «• v cuvlie da stage further last month, ,vhen tire bow and old ,md sect,on of t(„ Anglo-American Oil Company s oil tanker Cadillas aa«e floated ont oi the dry dor:k at « and f l, -- ci ; t k \ h ree and the vessel had been cut m . near mid-section lannrlied a short time ago avas floafled in. The old boar avert floated hack into position, and the three portions were being joined up. The operation . “d cutting the vessel into three parts took only a fortmglvL It was estimated that, she would be joined up on Hay 'l'th and trials carried out before the *nd of the month. This repair job will 'he interest, m asmiich as such an opera tion has never bceii carried out before. During the war the Cab ' ,lnc wns 0 Government transport, and '' as * or oedoed in 1918. The new nn.d-section is over 300 ft long and 66ft br<V d ' nnd contains 4000 tons of British “Refitting in the ordinary way wV"“ ( >bave meant laying the ship up ior four month,” said Mr Iv. J. sillie, manager of the shipping depai t- , ment of the Anglo-American Oil ComV| pany. “By building a new mid-sec- | teion. we have the advantage of using entirely new materials, thus avoiding loss of time on future repairs, and the ship will be laid up for only seven weeks.” Ai-S -—X . jj k