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VESSEL WITH REMOVABLE SECTIONS

  • US 3,841,254 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1973
  • Issued: 10/15/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vessel comprising:

  • a. a skeleton part carrying propulsion and steering means, comprising a bow section and a stern section connected by a spine and defining a plurality of recesses between the bow and stern sections and said spine, each said recess being open at its top and bottom and laterally of said vessel;

    b. a plurality of individually floatable container portions;

    c. means for releasably engaging said container portions in said recesses intermediate said bow and stern sections and laterally of said spine, said means comprising downwardly extending stationary tongue means on said skeleton part and upwardly opening cavity means on said container portions, said tongue means being engageable in said cavity means by relative vertical movement of said skeleton part and said container portions; and

    d. means for controlling the buoyancy of said skeleton part; and

    wherein said container poRtions, when engaged with said skeleton part, define therewith the exterior hull surface of the vessel.

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