Yard : Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works

Name: Yard : Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works
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ISBN: 9780060929633

ISBN-10: 0060929634

ISBN-13: 9780060929633

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Sanders

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For a century, the Bath Iron Works has been building some of the finest, dealiest ships in the U.S. Navy. But now the Maine shipyard is facing mounting competition and a pressing need to modernize, especially in the way it launches ships. No more will the great gray leviathans roar down the "ways" -- the traditional inclined ramp -- into the Kennebec River; this ancient technology will give way to the modern dry dock. The Yard captures this moment of change and the end of an era, as old ways give way to new, through the eyes of the workers as they build and launch a U.S. Navy destroyer. From the first cutting of steel to the destroyer's triumphant commisioning, Michael Sanders chronicles…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English