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I am looking for information, drawings, about the S. S. Carolina, a passenger ship that was sunk on "Black Sunday" by a German sub in WWI. I've already Google searched and collected the images that are out there, but was wonding if anyone here had any other sketches, drawings etc that might help ...

Hi Thiel, At least that's what I thought was done ;) I will be going on the ship next week for a trip. I will ask and find out for sure. I know when the water was drawn on board it first went into some tanks. They had bags of a white granular (looks like white road salt) "Dura Cube" product they ...

Yeah, I thought it was a cool thing to add in. Being the lakes are fresh water, they draw water in directly for the boilers, treat it with water softeners to prevent calcium build-up, feed it to the boilers, and discharge it back into the lake after it re-condenses. Every hour of so the blow off any ...

Thanks Tim! These take a long time to complete, but it's a labor of love I do really enjoy Kinda lets me "escape into my own little world" for a while, know what I mean

~John

Here is an "artsy" sky and water version I did for fun of the 106 year old cement hauling freighter St. Marys Challenger sailing.



~John

Here is the 858 foot LOA x 105 foot beam M/V Roger Blough built by American Ship Building Co. in Lorain, Ohio 1972. Still proudly sailing today. Waterline version http://www.boatnerd.com/digitalshipyard/images/RBloughWaterline.jpg Full Hull version http://www.boatnerd.com/digitalshipyard/images ...

If you email me at:

digitalshipyard@hotmail.com

I have some info that will help you

~John

Are you referring to the William A. Irvin Great Lakes freighter that is now a museum ship in Duluth, MN? If so, I may have some info that will help

~John

Ten years ago I originally drew the Wilfred Sykes and just recently I did a major re-fit/update to the drawing. I created a full hull version, updated the stack to the current ArcelorMittal logo, rebuilt the pilot house, improved the hull plate and rub rail lines, new equipment, etc. http://www ...

Very well done Lazer_one!