SS Schenectady T2 tanker fracture
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Tom's prized 1946 final report from MIT library book sale, $2. Final report of the Board of Investigation convened by Secretary Forrestal. ~6,000 ships, ~1,100 with major structural failures, 6–7 broke completely in two.
Almost any book on steel fracture will have a picture of the Schenectady. [Tom searches through books.] I can't find it. But I'll show you where it came from. This is a 1946 report on an investigation on the design and methods of construction of welded steel merchant vessels. Here's the Schenectady. Brittle fracture.