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Most of the work of explanation is done by drawings. Books on ship construction for marine studies, marine society shop. Merchant shipping official log books regulations 1991 in column 1 in each paragraph of part ii of the schedule shall be so made in the official log book kept in any such ship to which the. Official logbooks which should not be confused with narrativeaccount logs were required for all foreign voyages mandated by legislation. Ship construction and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Sea lanes in wartime the american experience 17751945, 2nd edition, by albion, robert greenhalgh and pope, jennie barnes, archon books, 1968. Most ships have a lifespan of a few decades before there is so much wear that refitting and repair becomes uneconomical.
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