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Building the Mobil Arctic - Part 2
( All photos Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company )
Typed on back: "Unit C-9 #bhd. a four crane lift; (2)100 ton equalizers (transv. Pos.); (1) 165 ton equalizer (Long'l pos.);
(1) 150 ton lifting spreader; erected 8-3-71".
Tanker under construction.
Tanker under construction.
Typed on back: "#6 way: Unit C-12 transv. bhd erected 8/4/71; Unit C-15 transv. bhd #72 erected 8/9/71;
Long'l bhd C-23/24 P/ erected 8/10/71; Long'l bhd C-17/18 P/ erected 8/5/71"
Tanker under construction.
Typed on back: "D-12/13 P/ lower side shell erected 8/24/71; "D-12/13 /S lower side shell erected 8/25/71; Upper deck D-6 P/S erected 8/28/71;
Upper deck D-7 P/S erected 8/28/71; Upper deck D-9 P/S erected 9/1/71; Upper side shell D-17/18 P/S 8/30/71; Upper side shell D-25/26 P/ erected 9/1/71;
Upper side shell D-30/31 P/ erected 9/5/71; Lower side shell unit 2-28/2-29 P/ being erected [as of 9/8/71]; E-2 P/ inner bottom erected 8/30/71;
E-2 /S inner bottom 8/30/71; Lower side shell P/ D-25/26"
Typed on back: "Upper side shell D-34, D-35: P/ side erected 9-14-71, /S side erected 9-15-71; Wing upper decks: D-22 P/ erected 9-13-71,
D-22 /S erected 9-14-71, D-23 P/ erected 9-14-71, D-23 /S erected 9-16-71, D-11 Upper deck erected 9-16-71"
Typed on back: "Upper deck D-37 P/ erected 9-22-71; Upper deck D-37 /S erected 9-21-71; Upper deck D-24 P/S erected 9-28-71"
( All photos Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company )
See also : Building the Mobil Arctic - Part 3