The purpose of this report is to present the results of one of the research and development programs
which was initiated by the members of the Ship Production Committee of The Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers and financed largely by government funds through a cost-sharing contract between the U.S.
Maritime Administration and Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
The effort of this project was directed to the development of shipyard Mr. improved methods and hardware applicable to
welding in the U.S. shipyards.
W. C. Brayton and Mr. F. X. Wilfong of Bethlehem Steel Corporation were Program Managers, Mr. T. E.
Bahlow of Offshore Power Systems (OPS) was Project Manager, and Mr. R. E. Cantrell and Mr. D. J. St. Pierre of OPS were the Principal Investigators.
Special acknowledgement is made to the members of Welding Panel SP 7 of the SNAME Ship Production Committee who served as technical advisors in the preparation of inquiries and evaluation of subcontract proposals.
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