Preface to Pamphlet, Part I, issued by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, for use in its classes in Wood Shipbuilding.

This text on wood shipbuilding was prepared by W. H. Curtis, Portland, Oregon, for the Education and Training Section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is intended for the use of carpenters and others, who, though skilled in their work, lack the detail knowledge of ships necessary for the efficient performance of their work in the yard.

Sea-going vessels are generally built according to the rules of some Classification Society, and all important construction and fastening details have to be passed upon by the Classification Society under whose inspection the vessel is to be built. Due to this fact, requirements may vary in detail from types of construction here explained. It is hoped, however, that this book may be helpful to shipbuilding classes and to individual men in the yard.

Education and Training Section. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

In presenting this work due credit is given Mr. L. G. Nichols, Director of Education of the Portland, Oregon, Y. M. C. A., not only for his active encouragement which led to the compiling of these chapters in book form, but also for his energetic progressiveness in organizing the first successful class in wood shipbuilding in the United States, the conducting of which necessitated the collecting of most of the information contained herein.

For purposes of publication the subject matter as presented to this class has been completely revised and enlarged, and while it is realized that it still falls short of presenting every detail of the ship, it is hoped that the subject has been sufficiently covered to afford a valuable guide and aid to workmen and students.

W. H. Curtis.

Addenda

In the foregoing discussions, the ship has been considered part by part, and no details have been shown giving the direct relation of one part to another, except those which are directly related to each other. To aid the reader in making direct comparisons between the parts shown and the ship as a whole, Figs. 194 and 195 have been added, showing skeleton inboard profiles of two types of ships that have been discussed. Also, for the same reason, midship sections, of two types of both light and heavy scantling ships are shown in Figs. 195 to 199 inclusive.

Figure 194. Well Deck Vessel. Also Called Three Island Type.

Figure 195. Shelter Deck Vessel.