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CONSTRUCTION OF PATROL BOATS IN U.S.A. IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 25. The “Wall Street Journal” states that Navy patrol boats are being built upside down successfully, resulting in increased construction speed. The advantage of building upside down is that it is easier to weld the bottom facing upwards. Patrol ships are about 173 feet long and of 300 tons. The ships are gradually turned on their keels as construction proceeds and finally are slid into the water right side up. The output is one ship weekly. They are made at Bay City (Michigan) and floated down the St. Lawrence to the ocean.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 4
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113UPSIDE DOWN Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 4
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