[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Riveting has been mentioned

["Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu>]

VBra676539@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I had some dealings with the old RV Johnson at HBOI which began life as a
> Coast Guard cutter with a riveted steel hull. Every plate has to be fitted
> perfectly, they tell me. Most repairs were done with a welder.

May I assume that in order to build a riveted submarine, each plate
had to fit precisely?  Or were plates overlapped?  

I'll find that book and see what they did in 1918.



Mike Holt