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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By fabricating a stern frame from laminated,
welded steel plate, instead of forging, Bethlehem
Steel's Hoboken yard saved eight months in repair
time for the Liberian bulk carrier MV GRAND
JUSTICE.
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From: Bruce Lake, News Media Relations
Public Affairs Department
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
375 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022
Phone: (212) 688-5522, Ext. 311
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From: Bruce Lake, News Media Relations
Public Affairs Department
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
375 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022
Phone: (212) 688-5522, Ext. 311
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
When the Liberian bulk carrier MV GRAND JUSTICE ran
aground in the St. Lawrence River, she cracked her stern
frame, tore off her rudder, damaged her tail shaft, and
bent her propeller. Fully loaded with grain, the 10,030-
gross-ton ship was towed to Bethlehem Steel's Hoboken (N.J.)
ship repair yard where she arrived on January 29. There the
eight-year-old, 484-foot-long ship was drydocked and surveyed.
The chief concern was the rebuilding of the stern frame.
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Because of an order backlog in forging shops, the GRAND JUSTICE
might have to wait as long as a year. However, Hoboken yard
officials were familiar with a faster way, a rarely used
method of building stern frames from laminated steel plate.
In the yard's machine shop, eight plates, each about 3
inches thick were squirt welded and then reinforced by 20
1-1/2-inch bolts.
Meanwhile, the shop fabricated a new rudder, sent the
rudder stock to the company's plant in Bethlehem, Pa., for
straightening and sent the bent propeller to a sub contractor
for repair.
The GRAND JUSTICE, with all repairs completed, departed
the Hoboken yard on May 15, less than four months after her
arrival.
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Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-05-03
