shipbuilding
Crafting ocean vessels
Shipbuilding is the design and construction of ships.
The term covers everything from small craft to massive ocean vessels, and the industry that produces them: Shipbuilding was once the backbone of the local economy.
A shipbuilder is a person or company in this trade.
Hull's structural base
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- mastVessel's sail support
- deckShip's flat surface
hull · rudder · anchor · propeller · porthole · bulkhead · rigging · davit
Hull's structural base
- hullOuter covering or frame
- bulkheadInternal vessel barrier
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
- slipwayInclined shore for launching
scaffolding · welding · plating · launching · assembly · crane · hoist · jig
Wooden boards collectively
- caulkingMaterial for sealing gaps
- loftingFull-scale curved drafting
- steamingReleasing hot vapor
- bendingCurving from straight
fastening · laminating · varnishing · sanding · carvel · clinker · adze · mallet
Medium-sized naval warship
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- carrierOne that transports
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
cruiser · corvette · warship · minesweeper · minehunter · amphibious · patrol · fleet
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- timberWood for construction
- aluminumElement thirteen
- fiberglassReinforced woven strand composite
- rivetHeaded pin hammered flat
weld · plywood · teak · oak · bronze · brass · copper · iron
Maritime vessel construction site
- workforceAll available workers
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
employment · export · investment · infrastructure · supply-chain · logistics · commercial · technology
keel
Hull's structural base
deck · hull · rudder · anchor · propeller · porthole · bulkhead · rigging · davit · gangway
keel
Hull's structural base
slipway · scaffolding · welding · plating · launching · assembly · crane · hoist · jig · block
planking
Wooden boards collectively
bending · fastening · laminating · varnishing · sanding · carvel · clinker · adze · mallet · chisel
frigate
Medium-sized naval warship
battleship · cruiser · corvette · warship · minesweeper · minehunter · amphibious · patrol · fleet · admiralty
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- timberWood for construction
- aluminumElement thirteen
- fiberglassReinforced woven strand composite
rivet · weld · plywood · teak · oak · bronze · brass · copper · iron · composite
dockyard
Maritime vessel construction site
- workforceAll available workers
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
fabrication · employment · export · investment · infrastructure · supply-chain · logistics · commercial · technology · automation
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- Maritime Industrysteamships, merchant marine, merchant navy, sea charts, port authorities
- blue-collar jobsfactory work, factory worker, factory workers, construction, farm hand
- maritime lifefishing, sailing, boating, yachting, cruising
- ancient seafaringgalley, bireme, navigation, mariners, dhow