THE WAYNES VTLLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, 31 ARCH
Gangs of men armed with battering
rams or heavy sledges are stationed
at the wedges and for several minutes
the sound of the blows they deliver is
hoard from one end of the ship to
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These Events Listed As Among ave to combat the element in which
The Most Spectacular they function with forces and resis-
rrpnranrp tances self-contained.
occurences Thg gecond sUge js that of the ac.
. . tual building of the ship's structure,
Ship construction can well be di- and is the assembling of the many
vided into three staeres. The first j arts fabricated to the plans furn
takes place on paper the highly tch- j jghed by thg jers, jnto one com-
nicai oesigning .penuu, p,ete unjt Thig is not s0 very ditter-
requiring the ultimate fnt from any other con8truction pro-
in human experience 5. skilled labor and con-
and in mathematical cal- gtant jnspection, and does not pe
culations of every type gfcrt the eIement 0f human risk Which
of stress and strain fouows jn tne wake of skysctaper or
known to the laws of ,..Rm,nR; on bridze buildine. This con-
ele-! Dt-i1.t;ftn ttncrn PYt-pnfta tn. and con
tinues after the launching ot tne snip
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mechanics. These
mentg must all be
H. M. Hall known with relation to
their effect upon the
bisi and type nnd power of the ship.
They must all be compensated for
and brought to a point of perfect bal
ance.
It must always be remembered that
a ship is a detached body, subject to
unbelievable buffeting and sudden
shock upon any part of its Btructure
It has no fixed foundation from which
to derive solid support, or strength
of resistance.. The automobile, : and
the railroad train contacts the ground
ob a fixed solid substance upon which
to move. The Bkyscraper building and
the bridge are so firmly fixed to and
in the earth that they are almost a
part of it. Only the airplane ap
proaches the ship of the sea in its
problems of design because they both
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The third stape is perhaps the most
wonderful of all; it is certainly the
most spectacular; requiring as it does
a combination of both the most care
ful calculations, and skilled construc
tion and execution. This is the act
of the transferring of thousands of
tons of dead weifrht, from the founda
tion upon which it has been built, to
the element in and upon which it has
been created to fulfill its destiny. This
third stage is the launching period,
actually accomplished in a few sec
onds of time, but which has been
visioned, planned for, and worried
about since before the first keel plate
was placed in position. The engin
eer's line, and the placing of he keel
blocks to this line were the first steps
in the construction part of the launch
ing. If this transfer of the hull does
not succeed down to the very last
minute detail, all the design and con
struction work could be wasted. A
stoppage of the sliding ways, a fail
ure of a part of the ways or cradle
to carry their burden, might result in
injury to the ship running into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, or even
the almost total loss of the entire
vessel.
As has been said before, ships are
usually launched stern first, altho
some foreign yards and perhaps oc
casionally here, launch bow first.
Stern launching is considered the
safest as the enormous weight of the
stern casting and the rudder, tail
shafting and propellers are quickly
water borne in place of being carried
throughout the length of the ways,
and exerting the terrific downward
crushing force produced by the lifting
of the ship's lengtu from the angle
of slide to the horizontal of surface
water support. For the space of a
second or so the leverage of several
hundred feet of ship is extended in
just one spot, that of the cradle at
the bow and the part of the ground
ways beneath it. Speed of passage
alone saves them from being crushed
as it is. The third method of launch
ing is broadside. This is only used
when the body of water upon which
the ship must be launched is so nar
row that she would run into the oppo
site shore before she could be stopped.
Thoso who road the accounts of the
launching of the Queen Mary will re
member how she was snubbed by
drags and anchors in order to turn
her away from the shore the moment
she was clear of the ways.
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i nave supported uie omp man
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: bunding are Knockeu ouu i" sue suuuen,;,- i
oo-oincr th outboard end of the slid-1 f,f hpr freivinm
incr wavs are now removed, and the . life, and starts H,. l ".tp
ship resting in the cradles, wnicn in j the first real movemw n
i ciinrwirtpd cv tne cnainea , nin-o r loo . .
i of the sliding way timber, or ; w:th 'the bottlo r.f
under tne mws,., s. . n. . .r r""ut i
of the sliding ways unoer u.e , the stefel plaUiS(
hvdraulic rams have been placed to ; . .. u"
give the ways a kick if it is neces
sarv to thus start her. But so accu-
rately nas everyxning oee.. w'jHee City of Wayres
that it is ver- seldom these rams are , Juck saU ' -
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Perennial harbinger of spring la the trip south for Connie MacJc,
macager of the Philadelphia AthleUca. The veUran baseballer Is
pictured shortly before leaving Philadelphia, holding his grann.
Frank Cunningham. IIL Mrs. Mack is with him. v
in line on the track during their pass- j and remain there until the last mo
age with the ship. In some yards ; ment. Usually a short length of
these ground ways are built concave greased ways is placed on the ground
while the sliding ways are convex on ' between the other ground ways at
the bottom, thus fitting into the ' the waters edge to support the ship's
groove of the former. (fore foot when she tips the bow down
The ship herself is now resting with th W"ng ot the stern by the
with her keel upon the keel blocks, , wter.
and is supported on the bottom and 1 At the tow a launching stand is
needed
case .
Over the bow has been hung a rib
bon bedecked bottle of wine, or water,
encased in a net to prevent flying
glass. The sponsor, a lady selected
by the owners or the Navy Depart
ment, always carrying a huge bunch
of roses, takes her place under the
overhanging bow with the suspended
bottle of wine in her hand. All is
quiet under and around the ship
while the inspectors make a final
check to see that all is clear. Its hi-h
water and a signal is sounded from
the inspector "All is clear." If the
ways are to be sawed loose, the order
is now given to "cut," and carpenters
with cross cut saws start to work,
If the sliding ways are held by hy
draulic triggers, a "stand by" and
With cror mn'nl.
miies nanH
luwiiun tortured,
between the ways, the massi,,.
iuic kmucs uown to the set
river, upon the first k-e nf I
ages to the ends of the earth-.J
splash she hits the wtr
a few seconds she is safely aaI
iuuiiucu vy me crauie and
ways which have floated
tup take hold of her, arid oa-1
snip is puuea to the fitting WJ
ior me nnisnmg touches. Xhi J
worK win De 101a ot next
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ships, would attack nice Jim, ,
actual launching preparations start
with hauling of the sections of the
sliding way3 into position upon the
ground ways when the sections are
butt strapped together. Next at
bow and stern "cradles" are built upon
the sliding ways to support the ends
of the ship. When these ends are
"fine," that is, sharp and narrow over
some distance from the bow and
stern, these cradles are very large
structures, built of wooden baulks,
their upper edges fitting the contour
of the hull, but in no way attached
to it. These cradles are made to
withstand an enormous load, espe
cially the ones at the bow, for if they
should disintegrate when almost the
entire weight of the ship is support
ed by them at the last second or so
of the launch the ship's bow would
fall to the ground and the "grief"
around the yard would be something
to tell one's grandchildren about j
l nose ol us wno Know our townsman
Homer Ferguson, president of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Co., can imagine what he would
say and how he would say it. There
wouldn't be a ship's carpenter left
along the banks of the "Jim River."
The next step in getting ready for
the launch is to transfer the weight
of the ship from the keel blocks to the
launching ways. A small space has
been left between the cradle and the
and her escort of officials of the line
or of the navy, and the big bosses of
the yard. This stand is flag draped
and the ship is strung with signal
flags and house flags of the line to
which she belongs. The ship yard
band turns out in uniform to enter
tain the guests during the finul pre
liminaries. Just before high tide the
order is quietly passed to "wedge up."
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construction of the hull is finished the launching ways for the insertion of
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ground ways are placed in position
These consist of heavy timbers bolted
together and resemble a massive
wooden railroad track, rabbeted on
the upper face, with the flange on the
j out board edge. They extend the
full length of the ship, a track on
each side of the center keel blocks at
a distance apart governed by the
beam of the ship and the shape of
the bottom. At the stern they ex
tend into the water to a distance of
about the depth the bw will re
quire to become water-borne. Upon
the surface of the ground ways, which
remain stationary, rests the sliding
ways their edges inside of the flange
of the ground ways; thus being held
TVavel anywhere .. any day
on the SOUTHERN
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wooden wedges. Similar spacing has
been left between the packing and
ways at points along the ship's bot
tom. Just .'before launching day the
cradlt and sliding ways are shored up
and the bottom of the sliding or
launching ways, and the tops of the
ground ways, are given a coat of a
mixture of tallow, oil, and soft soap.
When the "Mauretania" was launch
ed the ways were coated with 32,5!16
pounds of tallow, 113 gallons of train
oil, and 3,404 pounds of soft soap.
This carried her 16,800 tons smoothly
into the water. Here is where the
weatherman comes into the picture
once more. For either the entire sue
cess or failure of the launch depends
upon knowing to a safe margin just
what the temperature will be at the
time of the actual launch. For if the
mixture of tallow, oil and soap is
made thick enough to be serviceable at
50 degrees, and it suddenly got to 80
or a 100, the mixture will become so
thin it will let the sliding ways
squeeze it out.. If it turns cold the
mixture becomes too thick and will
bind. Either of these conditions will
postpone a launch, for if attempted it
would result in a "hang fire." and
much effiort and expense' would be
necessary before the ship would reach
the water.
After the ways are dressed, they
arc brought into contact again with
the grease between. The launching
ways are secured at the bow to the
ground ways by heavy chains. The
ship is released by sawing through
these chained timbers outside; or
next to the ship, from the chain
binding. The more modern way, es
pecially with the launching of large
ships, is to hold the two sets of ways
together with massive steel triggers
forced into slots in the launching
ways, and held there under enormous
hydraulic pressure, ready to be re
leased at the moment of launch.
Heavy timbers are wedged against
the after ends of the launching ways,
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