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CRK7376

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6. Very cool article and photos

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 10:31 PM

Dec 2020

This landlubber is curious as to how the welders reassemble and reweld the pieces they cut out to remove/install the engine. How do they make the ship watertight and able to withstand stress as an Icebreaker. Fascinating story, photos helped.

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