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User avatar Joe Berta  
What thickness is the shell plaitng of a large cruise ship? I wonder if anyone can tell me what thickness gauging the shell plating would be on such a ship as the sunken Costa?
I ask, because I see on TV an about 5 sq' explosion cut plating being lifted and thrown overboard by a worker. I know I would not be handling with that kind of ease anything of the size cut from any of the small tugs and barges I have ever worked on.

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Posted: 1/18/2012 8:57:14 AM
User avatar Deepak Advani  
RE:What thickness is the shell plaitng of a large cruise ship? Appox 1".

Posted: 2/21/2012 11:31:21 AM
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