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Re: Role of Englands Carriers during WW 2
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
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Date: July 11, 2009 10:00AM
Bruce, et al:
Recently, I've read all sorts of comments on the type of flight decks the U.S.
aircraft carriers of WWII had.
For starters, the wood "planks" were about 16' long, 6" wide and 3-13/16th inches thick. The top of this plank was Teak, 13/16th thick and bonded to a 3" thick
virgin fir plank. The sides of the planks were slightly beveled to permit the installation of caulking-cotton with a pneumatic caulking hammer.
Half inch diameter holes were drilled through these planks, about 4' apart. A special drill-bit was then used to countersink a special "bowl-shaped" hole to accommodate a bowl-shaped, slotted nut.
These were bolted to the 3/8" thick mild steel deck by stud-welding a 1/2"-13 stud to the steel deck, and attaching a special "bowl-shaped", slotted nut, torqued down with a pneumatic drill-motor.
After the fastening and caulking was completed, a thick black rubber compound filled the countersunk hole over the nuts and in the slots between the planks.
The newly installed planks were then painted haze gray.
And have a nice day,
ROBERT M.
Recently, I've read all sorts of comments on the type of flight decks the U.S.
aircraft carriers of WWII had.
For starters, the wood "planks" were about 16' long, 6" wide and 3-13/16th inches thick. The top of this plank was Teak, 13/16th thick and bonded to a 3" thick
virgin fir plank. The sides of the planks were slightly beveled to permit the installation of caulking-cotton with a pneumatic caulking hammer.
Half inch diameter holes were drilled through these planks, about 4' apart. A special drill-bit was then used to countersink a special "bowl-shaped" hole to accommodate a bowl-shaped, slotted nut.
These were bolted to the 3/8" thick mild steel deck by stud-welding a 1/2"-13 stud to the steel deck, and attaching a special "bowl-shaped", slotted nut, torqued down with a pneumatic drill-motor.
After the fastening and caulking was completed, a thick black rubber compound filled the countersunk hole over the nuts and in the slots between the planks.
The newly installed planks were then painted haze gray.
And have a nice day,
ROBERT M.
