are they built in the shallow water or built in sections in a factory thenpieced together in the water, or built in full somewhere then carried somehow and plonked in the sea?
I know i sound really stupid but me and a friend were on about it the other day.
we mean like the big cruise liners.
Please answer simply and briefly.
2006-12-09 01:53:48 · 12 answers · asked by rainbow 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
click here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipyards
2006-12-09 01:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by mott the hoople 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until recently , ships were 'laid down' , that means from the first steel cut from the keel upwards [like a skeleton]. Then rivet in the steel 'skin' in plates. The more modern way , is to fabricate in different sections and then weld them together. This means that it would be much easier to lengthen or shorten in the future. This also takes much shorter time to build a vessel to launch. Less worforce etc. The launch of a ship is critical , tides , wind , depth under keel [grounding]. Most vessels are launched 'stern first' , but there have been ships launched 'on the beam' [sideways]
2006-12-09 22:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are built in shipyards and when they are finished so they can float they are slid into the water down a ramp, Launched, after wards they are fitted out with all the luxury parts.
2006-12-09 02:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are built in what’s called a dry dock. Once the hull is complete the dock is flooded, allowing the ship to float.
2006-12-09 02:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are built in a cradle in a drydock then launched. look up nassco, or any other shipyard
2006-12-09 15:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by z-hag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are first built in ship yards in sections, then put together, and then transported to drydock where they are floated into the ocean
2006-12-10 06:17:08 · answer #6 · answered by tx311 3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they are built on land then launched
2006-12-09 02:05:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this place out and have a look around. http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/default.htm
2006-12-09 10:20:22 · answer #8 · answered by blacktrain11 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shipyard
2006-12-09 02:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by Rick G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a shippery
2006-12-09 02:01:02 · answer #10 · answered by frederic w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋