[modeleng] Re: Rivet forensics

Were they steel or iron plates?

On 4/16/2008, "cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx" <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I think hitting an iceberg is what started the problem, Al.  Steel which sha=
ttered instead of bending made the problem worse -- fast.  You may recall tha=
t a number of the WWII Liberty ships broke in half due to problems with the s=
teel and/or its assembly.  Charles
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>> Out of curiosity, what material was the Brooklyn Navy=20
>> Yard using at that time?=20
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>> > Hardly a model, but certainly related to the field,=20
>> > this article claims=20
>> > to solve the riddle of the sinking of the Titanic.=20
>> > And I always thought=20
>> > it hit an iceberg...=20
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