Shop 931

Title:

Shop 931

Date:

1961

Creator (Corporate):

United States Navy

Description:

Under tab, "Shop 931" Note states, "New Machine - Machinist W. R. McClendon demonstrates how a piece of broken tap can be removed from a valve flange through the use of the Electro Arc Metal Disintegrator recently installed in the Shipyard's Machine Shop. By the arcing process the broken tap is disintegrated, enabling the operator to lift the pieces without disassembly of the valve. May 61." Note on back states, "Navy News 24 1/2 ems May 28 issue (129546)"

Collection Title:

Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs

Contributing Institution:

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

United States. Navy

Topical Subject:

Ships, World War II, and Shipyards

Geographic Subject:

Low Country

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Date Digital:

2010-08

Digitization Specifications:

600 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Microtek ScanMaker i700, Archival Masters are jpegs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2010, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. All rights reserved. For more information contact Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Admin ID:

57937