NOBSKA's archives record her restoration blow by blow,
starting with her move to the Charlestown Navy Yard's drydock
in the spring of 1996.
A separate glossary defines many of the shipbuilding terms.
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) continually reviews and approves all reconstruction plans before each phase of the work begins.
The restoration narrative frequently uses frame numbers to delineate or position construction activities. NOBSKA has 105 frames, they are numbered starting with #1 at the stem to #105 at the stern. The frames are spaced 2 feet apart corresponding to NOBSKA's overall length of 210 feet.
Summary
- 1996 - NOBSKA drydocked
- In the spring two tugs towed NOBSKA to the Charlestown Navy Yard where she entered drydock. Hull, deck and bulkhead plating cleaned, accumulated debris and asbestos removed, Captain's cabin and pilot house taken down, first new plates welded onto the shell. Engine taken out and trucked to Vo-Tech in New Bedford for restoration by the students of the school. CAD/CAM lofting method devised and ABS approvals obtained.
- 1997 - Structure Renewed
- Replating sides, bottom and decks, replacing frames,
erecting bulkheads, and rebuilding the keel.
New sterntube installed.
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