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[T.T Williamsburgh in dry dock #6, and cutouts on the top sections]

[T.T Williamsburgh in dry dock #6, and cutouts on the top sections]
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Title: [T.T Williamsburgh in dry dock #6, and cutouts on the top sections]
Description:

T.T Williamsburgh in Dry dock number 6, cargo tank bulkheads looking AFT (towards the stern). Cutouts on the top sections were there to allow crude oil [1.5 million barrels of oil] to move between tanks during rough weather. Each bulkhead section is 80 feet high by 40 feet wide [from Frank J. Trezza's notes].
Date: 1972 ca.
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2]
Creator: Trezza, Frank J.
Collection: Frank J. Trezza Seatrain Shipbuilding collection [3]
Subject: Shipbuilding [4]
Ships [5]
Shipyards [6]
Dry docks [7]
New York Naval Yard. [8]
Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. [9]
Institution: Brooklyn Historical Society
Medium: Black-and-white photographs (prints)
Rights: RESTRICTED
ID: V1988.21.418
 
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[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Frank+J.+Trezza+Seatrain+Shipbuilding+collection
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Shipbuilding
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Ships
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Shipyards
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Dry docks
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/n/New York Naval Yard.
[9] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp.